The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1936 - 398 pages |
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Page 238
... written by Swift on 7 and 8 August 1722. There is not such another sequence of letters in the English language . The emotions excited in the reader fall into no pattern , for in the scene at which he is allowed to gaze there is no ...
... written by Swift on 7 and 8 August 1722. There is not such another sequence of letters in the English language . The emotions excited in the reader fall into no pattern , for in the scene at which he is allowed to gaze there is no ...
Page 293
... written , stands upon much the same footing as part I in that it incorporates material from the Scriblerus manuscript . The Voyage to Laputa has noth- ing of the unity of the other Voyages , being made up of four distinct incidents ...
... written , stands upon much the same footing as part I in that it incorporates material from the Scriblerus manuscript . The Voyage to Laputa has noth- ing of the unity of the other Voyages , being made up of four distinct incidents ...
Page 333
... writing the Dunciad the dean demanded that his own part in the composition of that masterpiece be duly acknowledged , maintaining that unless he had been deaf and unfit for conversation Pope would not have written a line . So far as ...
... writing the Dunciad the dean demanded that his own part in the composition of that masterpiece be duly acknowledged , maintaining that unless he had been deaf and unfit for conversation Pope would not have written a line . So far as ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
Copyright | |
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