The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftMethuen, 1953 - 400 pages |
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Page 52
... emotions . This we must remember when observing the energy which Swift at all times displayed in enforcing conformity to what he believed to be the normal and the natural - a characteristic feature not only of his æsthetics but of his ...
... emotions . This we must remember when observing the energy which Swift at all times displayed in enforcing conformity to what he believed to be the normal and the natural - a characteristic feature not only of his æsthetics but of his ...
Page 320
... emotion- less thing . That the two themes are not treated with equal artistic success is shown by the fact that ... emotions afresh . Back of all this is an indictment of man and society per- haps as comprehensive and detailed as ...
... emotion- less thing . That the two themes are not treated with equal artistic success is shown by the fact that ... emotions afresh . Back of all this is an indictment of man and society per- haps as comprehensive and detailed as ...
Page 323
... emotions , they regard one an- other with serene good will but never with what properly can be called affection , even their own offspring failing to excite in them any different feeling from that which they have for all colts and foals ...
... emotions , they regard one an- other with serene good will but never with what properly can be called affection , even their own offspring failing to excite in them any different feeling from that which they have for all colts and foals ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
YEARS OF ACTIVITY AND SUSPENSE | 101 |
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