The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftSmith, 1965 - 400 pages |
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Page 40
... manner and tone . Unfortunately the bad habits confirmed during a year's desperate struggles with the Pindaric ode still ride him hard : ungainly from start to finish , he is perversely obscure through entire paragraphs ; he hammers his ...
... manner and tone . Unfortunately the bad habits confirmed during a year's desperate struggles with the Pindaric ode still ride him hard : ungainly from start to finish , he is perversely obscure through entire paragraphs ; he hammers his ...
Page 67
... manner to be understood by the meanest among them . ' He is to shun the ' quaint , terse , florid style , rounded into periods and cadences , commonly without either propriety or meaning . ' As for the ' moving manner of preaching ...
... manner to be understood by the meanest among them . ' He is to shun the ' quaint , terse , florid style , rounded into periods and cadences , commonly without either propriety or meaning . ' As for the ' moving manner of preaching ...
Page 171
... manner mild , Pray , reach that thing here to the child : That thing , I mean , among the kale ; And here's to buy a ... Manners and Good Breed- ing ( date of composition unknown ; ptd . 1754 ) and Hints on Good Manners ( date of ...
... manner mild , Pray , reach that thing here to the child : That thing , I mean , among the kale ; And here's to buy a ... Manners and Good Breed- ing ( date of composition unknown ; ptd . 1754 ) and Hints on Good Manners ( date of ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
N The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
Copyright | |
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