The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1936 - 398 pages |
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Page 93
... believe ' the Original Cause of all Things to be Wind ' and who affirm ' the Gift of Belching , to be the noblest Act of a Rational Creature . ' Their rites and mysteries are then described at length . It is only at the end that Jack is ...
... believe ' the Original Cause of all Things to be Wind ' and who affirm ' the Gift of Belching , to be the noblest Act of a Rational Creature . ' Their rites and mysteries are then described at length . It is only at the end that Jack is ...
Page 299
... believe that its use is harmful . The Houyhnhnms , like Lahontan's savages , believe that Europeans wear clothes in order to hide their deformities .. Neither the horses nor the savages know how to lie , and both attribute the ...
... believe that its use is harmful . The Houyhnhnms , like Lahontan's savages , believe that Europeans wear clothes in order to hide their deformities .. Neither the horses nor the savages know how to lie , and both attribute the ...
Page 386
... believe that Swift had anything to do with these verses . 6 Quoted from Davis , The Drapier's letters , p . 95 . 7 According to Ball ( Swift's verse , p . 193 ) , Swift probably wrote or inspired these verses ; Davis ( Drapier's letters ...
... believe that Swift had anything to do with these verses . 6 Quoted from Davis , The Drapier's letters , p . 95 . 7 According to Ball ( Swift's verse , p . 193 ) , Swift probably wrote or inspired these verses ; Davis ( Drapier's letters ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
Copyright | |
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