The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftMethuen, 1953 - 400 pages |
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Page 159
... minds us that the strength of Swift's mind lay not in subtlety or originality but in its firm grasp upon generalities . Had he chosen to work in the French manner , only La Bruyère could he have approached . If there is almost nothing ...
... minds us that the strength of Swift's mind lay not in subtlety or originality but in its firm grasp upon generalities . Had he chosen to work in the French manner , only La Bruyère could he have approached . If there is almost nothing ...
Page 318
... mind brought on by his own advancing years , for as a young man just past his twenties he was already of Juve- nal's mind regarding old age , as the Resolutions of 1699 show . In the Struldbrugs he was merely bringing to its most ...
... mind brought on by his own advancing years , for as a young man just past his twenties he was already of Juve- nal's mind regarding old age , as the Resolutions of 1699 show . In the Struldbrugs he was merely bringing to its most ...
Page 331
... mind had been long at work sapping his constitu- tion , and from 1729 on , their presence can be detected clearly the disease from which he had suffered for so many years its symptoms the oft - mentioned ' giddiness and deaf- ness ' was ...
... mind had been long at work sapping his constitu- tion , and from 1729 on , their presence can be detected clearly the disease from which he had suffered for so many years its symptoms the oft - mentioned ' giddiness and deaf- ness ' was ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
YEARS OF ACTIVITY AND SUSPENSE | 101 |
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