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We are introduced to the curious sect of Ĉolists , who 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 ...
We are introduced to the curious sect of Ĉolists , who 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 ...
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Lahontan says that savages attribute the maladies of civiliza- tion to the use of salt ; there is no salt in Houyhnhnm - land and Gulliver comes to believe that its use is harmful . The Houyhnhnms , like Lahontan's savages , believe ...
Lahontan says that savages attribute the maladies of civiliza- tion to the use of salt ; there is no salt in Houyhnhnm - land and Gulliver comes to believe that its use is harmful . The Houyhnhnms , like Lahontan's savages , believe ...
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374 ) finds it difficult to 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 ...
374 ) finds it difficult to 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 ...
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Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Mind and Art of Jonathan Swift |
| Author | Ricardo Quintana |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1936 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 398 pages |
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