The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftMethuen, 1953 - 400 pages |
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Page 188
... issued at last in dazzling success . It was well that he sensed the triumph to the full ; for from this , their highest point , his own fortunes and those of his party were to be swung rapidly downwards . 1712 was full of signs telling ...
... issued at last in dazzling success . It was well that he sensed the triumph to the full ; for from this , their highest point , his own fortunes and those of his party were to be swung rapidly downwards . 1712 was full of signs telling ...
Page 261
... issued a new patent to an English iron merchant named William Wood , who was granted the exclusive right to coin such copper money for fourteen years beginning in 1722. It was stipu- lated that the coins were to be issued gradually over ...
... issued a new patent to an English iron merchant named William Wood , who was granted the exclusive right to coin such copper money for fourteen years beginning in 1722. It was stipu- lated that the coins were to be issued gradually over ...
Page 345
... issued by Sheridan and Swift as a medium both for the dis- cussion of Irish problems and for the excoriation of their personal enemies . Swift was soon using its columns for the infliction of further punishment upon Richard Tighe ...
... issued by Sheridan and Swift as a medium both for the dis- cussion of Irish problems and for the excoriation of their personal enemies . Swift was soon using its columns for the infliction of further punishment upon Richard Tighe ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
YEARS OF ACTIVITY AND SUSPENSE | 101 |
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