The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftMethuen, 1953 - 400 pages |
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Page 23
... expression were in any way owing to rebellion against an oppressive environment and an unsympathetic master is flatly to be denied . It was from Moor Park , as we have seen , that Swift drew his liberal education . If Temple himself was ...
... expression were in any way owing to rebellion against an oppressive environment and an unsympathetic master is flatly to be denied . It was from Moor Park , as we have seen , that Swift drew his liberal education . If Temple himself was ...
Page 56
... expression of the general and unvarying sense of mankind . Conditions may be now favourable and again inimical to its full expression , but by the laws of the universe the high level has been fixed by an unalterable bench - mark . The ...
... expression of the general and unvarying sense of mankind . Conditions may be now favourable and again inimical to its full expression , but by the laws of the universe the high level has been fixed by an unalterable bench - mark . The ...
Page 318
... expression a theme which had always held a peculiar fascination for him . The political satire , most of it having reference to recent occurrences in Ireland , is to be found chiefly in chapter iii , in connexion with the methods used ...
... expression a theme which had always held a peculiar fascination for him . The political satire , most of it having reference to recent occurrences in Ireland , is to be found chiefly in chapter iii , in connexion with the methods used ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
YEARS OF ACTIVITY AND SUSPENSE | 101 |
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