The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftMethuen, 1953 - 400 pages |
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Page 47
... final word , not about the very early verses , but about two metrical compositions which date from Swift's last year at Moor Park . Dryden's prophecy -'You will never be a poet'- was to prove false in time , we have already said . ( In ...
... final word , not about the very early verses , but about two metrical compositions which date from Swift's last year at Moor Park . Dryden's prophecy -'You will never be a poet'- was to prove false in time , we have already said . ( In ...
Page 76
... final version embodied revisions which could have been made up to the moment of publi- cation and two additions - the dedication to Somers , and the bookseller's notice to the reader- of 1702-1704 . The sections containing the religious ...
... final version embodied revisions which could have been made up to the moment of publi- cation and two additions - the dedication to Somers , and the bookseller's notice to the reader- of 1702-1704 . The sections containing the religious ...
Page 344
... final period of the dean's activity some will mark the great patriot , to the end a champion of justice ; others will see the psychopathic artist or again the egoist ready to over- whelm with satiric abuse anyone presumptuous enough to ...
... final period of the dean's activity some will mark the great patriot , to the end a champion of justice ; others will see the psychopathic artist or again the egoist ready to over- whelm with satiric abuse anyone presumptuous enough to ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
YEARS OF ACTIVITY AND SUSPENSE | 101 |
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