The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftMethuen, 1953 - 400 pages |
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Page 86
... learning and taste . The Battle of the Books was begun ; finished it must have been not long after the appearance in March 1698 of Dr. Bentley's Dis- sertations Examin'd . Now , presumably , Swift returned to his earlier composition ...
... learning and taste . The Battle of the Books was begun ; finished it must have been not long after the appearance in March 1698 of Dr. Bentley's Dis- sertations Examin'd . Now , presumably , Swift returned to his earlier composition ...
Page 91
... learning . But the triumph of the work is the gradual approach of these groups to one another , until in the later sections - VIII , IX , XI - the enthusiasm of Jack the dissenter and all the forms of madness in the commonwealth of ...
... learning . But the triumph of the work is the gradual approach of these groups to one another , until in the later sections - VIII , IX , XI - the enthusiasm of Jack the dissenter and all the forms of madness in the commonwealth of ...
Page 315
... learning , their legal methods , and their taste in books . In all of these the Brobdingnagians show their dislike of over - refined speculations , their forth- right , practical natures , and their strong moral sense . Of their learning ...
... learning , their legal methods , and their taste in books . In all of these the Brobdingnagians show their dislike of over - refined speculations , their forth- right , practical natures , and their strong moral sense . Of their learning ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
YEARS OF ACTIVITY AND SUSPENSE | 101 |
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