The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftMethuen, 1953 - 400 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 59
Page viii
... present study is to present what is now known of Swift the writer , and by projecting him against the background of his age to estimate the quali- ties of his mind and art . A word concerning the canon of Swift , regarding which I do ...
... present study is to present what is now known of Swift the writer , and by projecting him against the background of his age to estimate the quali- ties of his mind and art . A word concerning the canon of Swift , regarding which I do ...
Page 51
... presents a deceptively fair exterior ; reality , which is not fair but simply real , exists only beneath the surface . It ... present in Swift's thought . On the other hand , we find in him an ethical doctrine which , though of the seven ...
... presents a deceptively fair exterior ; reality , which is not fair but simply real , exists only beneath the surface . It ... present in Swift's thought . On the other hand , we find in him an ethical doctrine which , though of the seven ...
Page 231
... present affairs in London he had news in the letters which came from Bolingbroke , Arbuthnot , and others . But correspondence with English tories , however innocent such correspondence might be , in- volved a certain amount of danger ...
... present affairs in London he had news in the letters which came from Bolingbroke , Arbuthnot , and others . But correspondence with English tories , however innocent such correspondence might be , in- volved a certain amount of danger ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
YEARS OF ACTIVITY AND SUSPENSE | 101 |
11 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
appeared Arbuthnot Archbishop King artistic Baucis and Philemon bishop Bolingbroke Brobdingnag century chap chapter church compositions corruptions critics dean of St Dean Swift death dissenters doctrine Drapier's Drapier's Letters Dublin duchess of Somerset early edition emotions England English enthusiasm entire Essay friends genius Gulliver Gulliver's Travels Harley Holy Orders Houyhnhnms human ideas imagination intellectual interest Ireland Irish John Jonathan Swift June later learning Letter literary London Lord manner matter Memoirs ment metrical ministry misanthropy modern Moor Park moral moral realism nature never Oxford pamphlets parliament party passions Patrick's peace philosophy pieces poem poet poetry political Pope pride prose Queen reason religion religious satire satirist seems sense Sir William Temple spirit Stella Struldbrugs Swift wrote Swift's verse Tale taste Tatler Temple's theory thing thought tion tone took tory turned Vanessa Voyage whigs Wotton writings written