The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftSmith, 1965 - 400 pages |
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Page 169
... written expressly against it , is approved by the great ma- jority of men of taste . True , it was written while the author was still young , and it is to be granted that he ' gave a Liberty to his Pen , which might not suit with ...
... written expressly against it , is approved by the great ma- jority of men of taste . True , it was written while the author was still young , and it is to be granted that he ' gave a Liberty to his Pen , which might not suit with ...
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 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 Iwould 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 Iwould not have written a line . So far as ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
N The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
Copyright | |
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