The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftMethuen, 1953 - 400 pages |
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... Brobdingnag and the wise Houyhnhnms . ' You are so hardy as to tell me , ' Swift once wrote to Pope , ' of your intentions to write maxims in opposition to Roche- foucauld , who is my favorite , because I found my whole character in him ...
... Brobdingnag and the wise Houyhnhnms . ' You are so hardy as to tell me , ' Swift once wrote to Pope , ' of your intentions to write maxims in opposition to Roche- foucauld , who is my favorite , because I found my whole character in him ...
Page 312
... Brobdingnag owes little to part 1 : though many of its effects are again the result of a lively ingenuity , we are conveyed into an incongruous world rather than an entertaining one , while the satire is no longer lambent but keen of ...
... Brobdingnag owes little to part 1 : though many of its effects are again the result of a lively ingenuity , we are conveyed into an incongruous world rather than an entertaining one , while the satire is no longer lambent but keen of ...
Page 324
Ricardo Quintana. A on his return to civilization from Lilliput and Brobdingnag are almost solely of the physical order . Not so the contrasts which assail him when , banished by decree from Houy- hnhnm - land , he is forced back to ...
Ricardo Quintana. A on his return to civilization from Lilliput and Brobdingnag are almost solely of the physical order . Not so the contrasts which assail him when , banished by decree from Houy- hnhnm - land , he is forced back to ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
YEARS OF ACTIVITY AND SUSPENSE | 101 |
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