The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1936 - 398 pages |
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... period . His spirits were picking up . He began to move with assurance , no longer paralysed by awkwardness and diffidence . As Temple's aloofness thawed , Swift came to perceive in him not a cold and distant employer but a man ...
... period . His spirits were picking up . He began to move with assurance , no longer paralysed by awkwardness and diffidence . As Temple's aloofness thawed , Swift came to perceive in him not a cold and distant employer but a man ...
Page 331
... period was to elapse before he finally yielded to these disin- tegrating forces - by the close of his seventy - first year ( 1738 ) his energy , it is clear , had been broken down , but not until 1742 was he declared of unsound mind ...
... period was to elapse before he finally yielded to these disin- tegrating forces - by the close of his seventy - first year ( 1738 ) his energy , it is clear , had been broken down , but not until 1742 was he declared of unsound mind ...
Page 344
... period of the dean's activity some will mark the great patriot , to the end a champion of justice ; others will see the psychopathic artist or again the egoist ready to over- whelm with satiric abuse anyone presumptuous enough to cross ...
... period of the dean's activity some will mark the great patriot , to the end a champion of justice ; others will see the psychopathic artist or again the egoist ready to over- whelm with satiric abuse anyone presumptuous enough to cross ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
Copyright | |
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