The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftMethuen, 1953 - 400 pages |
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... King William on his Successes in Ireland was the work of late 1690 or early 1691. Written in heroic quatrains , of which there are an even dozen , it is a piece undistin- guished either for excellence or marked inferiority . Wil- liam ...
... King William on his Successes in Ireland was the work of late 1690 or early 1691. Written in heroic quatrains , of which there are an even dozen , it is a piece undistin- guished either for excellence or marked inferiority . Wil- liam ...
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... King on 6 December 1707 , signifying his willingness to undertake negotiations with the whigs ; his credit with Lord Somers and Lord Sunderland seemed to promise success . Archbishop King gave him his blessing , which was later ...
... King on 6 December 1707 , signifying his willingness to undertake negotiations with the whigs ; his credit with Lord Somers and Lord Sunderland seemed to promise success . Archbishop King gave him his blessing , which was later ...
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... King's efforts to worry his enemy at St. Patrick's took a different form . He now succeeded , work- ing through Theophilus Bolton , later archbishop of Cashel , but now chancellor of St. Patrick's , in stirring up trouble within the ...
... King's efforts to worry his enemy at St. Patrick's took a different form . He now succeeded , work- ing through Theophilus Bolton , later archbishop of Cashel , but now chancellor of St. Patrick's , in stirring up trouble within the ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
YEARS OF ACTIVITY AND SUSPENSE | 101 |
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