The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1936 - 398 pages |
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... close - is unquestionably the worst thing Swift ever wrote . The opening stanzas , in which Swift is describing the end of the late war , his recent arrival in England , and his joy upon discovering the Society , are so contorted in ...
... close - is unquestionably the worst thing Swift ever wrote . The opening stanzas , in which Swift is describing the end of the late war , his recent arrival in England , and his joy upon discovering the Society , are so contorted in ...
Page 187
... close by them , informing him of every necessary detail , priming him with arguments , making certain that no breach should remain unprotected . The queen , as was her custom in the summer months , was at Windsor , and the ministers ...
... close by them , informing him of every necessary detail , priming him with arguments , making certain that no breach should remain unprotected . The queen , as was her custom in the summer months , was at Windsor , and the ministers ...
Page 337
... close of 1738 , that is - Swift continued to play an active part in the world . But it was only the sheer energy of his mind that sustained him and kept despair at bay . To Bolingbroke he wrote in 1729 : ' I never wake without finding ...
... close of 1738 , that is - Swift continued to play an active part in the world . But it was only the sheer energy of his mind that sustained him and kept despair at bay . To Bolingbroke he wrote in 1729 : ' I never wake without finding ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
Copyright | |
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