The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1936 - 398 pages |
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Page 138
... course in respect of religion and govern- ment lay between high - flying conservatism and whig radi- calism . For him the de facto character of William's reign constituted no problem ; from the first he had accepted the principle that ...
... course in respect of religion and govern- ment lay between high - flying conservatism and whig radi- calism . For him the de facto character of William's reign constituted no problem ; from the first he had accepted the principle that ...
Page 212
... course of four years he had come to load with his entire store of intellectual and moral values . The Restoration was no greater shock to Milton than was the whigs ' assumption of power to Swift . Rational freedom had gone down in ...
... course of four years he had come to load with his entire store of intellectual and moral values . The Restoration was no greater shock to Milton than was the whigs ' assumption of power to Swift . Rational freedom had gone down in ...
Page 351
... course of which the author explains his inability to treat the lady in the heroic manner , which is not his natural vein . From this point he wanders , as though by chance , into the region of politics : I , as all the parish knows ...
... course of which the author explains his inability to treat the lady in the heroic manner , which is not his natural vein . From this point he wanders , as though by chance , into the region of politics : I , as all the parish knows ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
Copyright | |
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