The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1936 - 398 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 31
Page 179
... peace , thus assuring England of more favourable terms than could be gained through negotiations in concert with the Allies- besides , intrigue with France held fascination for those tories whose imaginations were still touched by the ...
... peace , thus assuring England of more favourable terms than could be gained through negotiations in concert with the Allies- besides , intrigue with France held fascination for those tories whose imaginations were still touched by the ...
Page 190
... peace as a contingency but as a fact assured , and accordingly his interest in propaganda had cooled ; it was the authentic history of the whole series of events lead- ing up to the peace which he was now desirous of writing , and he ...
... peace as a contingency but as a fact assured , and accordingly his interest in propaganda had cooled ; it was the authentic history of the whole series of events lead- ing up to the peace which he was now desirous of writing , and he ...
Page 198
... peace . ' It is affirmed by the Tories , ' he wrote on 9 September 1710 to Archbishop King , ' that the great motive of these changes was the absolute necessity of a peace , which they thought the Whigs were for perpetually delaying ...
... peace . ' It is affirmed by the Tories , ' he wrote on 9 September 1710 to Archbishop King , ' that the great motive of these changes was the absolute necessity of a peace , which they thought the Whigs were for perpetually delaying ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
Copyright | |
12 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
appeared Arbuthnot Archbishop King artistic Baucis and Philemon bishop Bolingbroke Brobdingnag century chap chapter church compositions corruptions critics dean of St Dean Swift death dissenters doctrine Drapier's Drapier's Letters Dublin duchess of Somerset early edition emotions England English enthusiasm entire essays friends genius Gulliver Gulliver's Travels Harley Houyhnhnms human ideas imagination intellectual interest Ireland Irish John Jonathan Swift June Kilroot later learning letters literary London Lord manner matter ment metrical ministry misanthropy modern Moor Park moral moral realism nature never Oxford pamphlets parliament party passions Patrick's peace philosophy pieces poet poetry political Pope pride prose Queen reason religion religious satire satirist seems sense Sir William Temple spirit Stella Struldbrugs Swift wrote Swift's verse Tale taste Tatler Temple's theory thing thought tion tone took tory turned Vanessa Voyage whigs words Wotton writings written Yahoos