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And now a final word , not about the very early verses , but about two metrical compositions which date from Swift's last year at Moor Park . Dryden's prophecy - ' You will never be a poet'- was to prove false in time , we have already ...
And now a final word , not about the very early verses , but about two metrical compositions which date from Swift's last year at Moor Park . Dryden's prophecy - ' You will never be a poet'- was to prove false in time , we have already ...
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He should always remember to dress badly while in company , to show his wit ' by cutting and slashing , and laying about him , and banging mankind , ' and to publish his compositions with a show of great reluctance and only after a ...
He should always remember to dress badly while in company , to show his wit ' by cutting and slashing , and laying about him , and banging mankind , ' and to publish his compositions with a show of great reluctance and only after a ...
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... may be arranged under the three heads of compositions of public interest , personal verses , and literary pieces . The four metrical compositions of public interest of which we shall speak were all occasioned by events in England .
... may be arranged under the three heads of compositions of public interest , personal verses , and literary pieces . The four metrical compositions of public interest of which we shall speak were all occasioned by events in England .
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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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