The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftMethuen, 1953 - 400 pages |
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Page 146
... wrote of matters connected with religious toleration , when he wrote against the deists and in behalf of religion as a moral check , he was expressing not occasional ideas but convictions stemming from a perfectly ordered system of ...
... wrote of matters connected with religious toleration , when he wrote against the deists and in behalf of religion as a moral check , he was expressing not occasional ideas but convictions stemming from a perfectly ordered system of ...
Page 198
... wrote on 9 September 1710 to Archbishop King , ' that the great motive of these changes was the absolute necessity of a peace , which they thought the Whigs were for perpetually delaying . ' A month later he wrote , again to the ...
... wrote on 9 September 1710 to Archbishop King , ' that the great motive of these changes was the absolute necessity of a peace , which they thought the Whigs were for perpetually delaying . ' A month later he wrote , again to the ...
Page 290
... wrote Bolingbroke in December 1721. In Ireland there seem to have been very few who had any knowledge of the projected satire , but at least Vanessa had been confided in , for a letter of hers to Swift written about June 1722 contains ...
... wrote Bolingbroke in December 1721. In Ireland there seem to have been very few who had any knowledge of the projected satire , but at least Vanessa had been confided in , for a letter of hers to Swift written about June 1722 contains ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
YEARS OF ACTIVITY AND SUSPENSE | 101 |
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