The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1936 - 398 pages |
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... taste . The influence thus indirectly brought to bear is not , save once or twice , of a clear and traceable kind . Together , Moor Park and Temple were an enveloping atmosphere . Moor Park with its gardens , its library , astir ...
... taste . The influence thus indirectly brought to bear is not , save once or twice , of a clear and traceable kind . Together , Moor Park and Temple were an enveloping atmosphere . Moor Park with its gardens , its library , astir ...
Page 57
... taste , another to his historical theory of literature as expressed in The Battle of the Books . With what intensity of conviction the doctrine of taste was written up in the early verses composed at Moor Park we have already seen . Nor ...
... taste , another to his historical theory of literature as expressed in The Battle of the Books . With what intensity of conviction the doctrine of taste was written up in the early verses composed at Moor Park we have already seen . Nor ...
Page 380
... taste ' and ' men of taste . ' By the former term Swift meant the attitude and instincts resulting from good sense , cultivation , and sound education ; and since Swift was dominated by the con- cept of uniformitarianism ( see Book I ...
... taste ' and ' men of taste . ' By the former term Swift meant the attitude and instincts resulting from good sense , cultivation , and sound education ; and since Swift was dominated by the con- cept of uniformitarianism ( see Book I ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
Copyright | |
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