The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1936 - 398 pages |
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Page 31
... metrical form proved insufficiently flexible . The Ode to Temple and the Ode to the Athenian Society are closely packed discourses the weight of which only prose could carry . The verse , having obstructed the thought often to the verge ...
... metrical form proved insufficiently flexible . The Ode to Temple and the Ode to the Athenian Society are closely packed discourses the weight of which only prose could carry . The verse , having obstructed the thought often to the verge ...
Page 47
... metrical compositions which date from Swift's last year at Moor Park . Dryden's prophecy - ' You will never be a poet'- was to prove false in time , we have already said . ( In order to avoid controversy this statement should perhaps be ...
... metrical compositions which date from Swift's last year at Moor Park . Dryden's prophecy - ' You will never be a poet'- was to prove false in time , we have already said . ( In order to avoid controversy this statement should perhaps be ...
Page 282
... metrical pieces written under Addison's inspiration in 1708 and 1709 or the five or six great metrical performances of the 1710-1714 period . It was not , indeed , until 1729 that Swift again reached his true level in non- controversial ...
... metrical pieces written under Addison's inspiration in 1708 and 1709 or the five or six great metrical performances of the 1710-1714 period . It was not , indeed , until 1729 that Swift again reached his true level in non- controversial ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
Copyright | |
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