The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftMethuen, 1953 - 400 pages |
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Page 19
... original governments of the world , spring- ing from a tacit deference of many to the authority of one single person ' ( An Essay upon the Original and Nature of Government ) . 4 THE question now to be considered is the degree to which ...
... original governments of the world , spring- ing from a tacit deference of many to the authority of one single person ' ( An Essay upon the Original and Nature of Government ) . 4 THE question now to be considered is the degree to which ...
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... original institutions of Lilliput are to be understood and ' not the most scandalous Corruptions into which these People are fallen by the degenerate Nature of Man . ' Are we to read these words - and perhaps the entire Utopian sketch ...
... original institutions of Lilliput are to be understood and ' not the most scandalous Corruptions into which these People are fallen by the degenerate Nature of Man . ' Are we to read these words - and perhaps the entire Utopian sketch ...
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... Original and Nature of Government , 12 , 18 , 19 ; Of Ancient and Modern Learning , 17 , 18 , 77ff .; Of Heroic Virtue , 17 ; Of Poetry , 17 ; Some Thoughts upon Review- ing The Essay of Ancient and Modern Learning , 17 ; Upon the ...
... Original and Nature of Government , 12 , 18 , 19 ; Of Ancient and Modern Learning , 17 , 18 , 77ff .; Of Heroic Virtue , 17 ; Of Poetry , 17 ; Some Thoughts upon Review- ing The Essay of Ancient and Modern Learning , 17 ; Upon the ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
YEARS OF ACTIVITY AND SUSPENSE | 101 |
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