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There are those , perhaps , who would prefer to study him only from the point of view of the history of ideas without coming to any final estimate . But an absolute suspension of judgment is im- possible ; indeed , it is perhaps ...
There are those , perhaps , who would prefer to study him only from the point of view of the history of ideas without coming to any final estimate . But an absolute suspension of judgment is im- possible ; indeed , it is perhaps ...
Page 337
I am going out of this troublesome world ; and you , among the rest of my friends , shall have my last prayers , and good wishes ' - such was Arbuthnot's final message . They had been such a glorious company , these Queen Anne wits !
I am going out of this troublesome world ; and you , among the rest of my friends , shall have my last prayers , and good wishes ' - such was Arbuthnot's final message . They had been such a glorious company , these Queen Anne wits !
Page 344
In this final period of the dean's activity some will mark the great patriot , to the end a champion of justice ; others will see the psychopathic artist or again the egoist ready to over- whelm with satiric abuse anyone presumptuous ...
In this final period of the dean's activity some will mark the great patriot , to the end a champion of justice ; others will see the psychopathic artist or again the egoist ready to over- whelm with satiric abuse anyone presumptuous ...
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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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