The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftMethuen, 1953 - 400 pages |
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Page 47
... 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 order to avoid controversy this statement should perhaps be ...
... 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 order to avoid controversy this statement should perhaps be ...
Page 239
... metrical pieces by Swift , Stella's Distress on the 3d fatal day of Octob ' 1723 , - this being the day of her return to Dublin , - and the lines beginning , ' Don Carlos in a merry Spight . ' 2 The only aftermath of this tragedy was ...
... metrical pieces by Swift , Stella's Distress on the 3d fatal day of Octob ' 1723 , - this being the day of her return to Dublin , - and the lines beginning , ' Don Carlos in a merry Spight . ' 2 The only aftermath of this tragedy was ...
Page 282
... metrical pieces written under Addison's inspiration in 1708 and 1709 or the five or six great metrical performances of the 1710-1714 period . It was not , indeed , until 1729 that Swift again reached his true level in non- controversial ...
... metrical pieces written under Addison's inspiration in 1708 and 1709 or the five or six great metrical performances of the 1710-1714 period . It was not , indeed , until 1729 that Swift again reached his true level in non- controversial ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
YEARS OF ACTIVITY AND SUSPENSE | 101 |
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