The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1936 - 398 pages |
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Page 36
... hand is the small com- pany of rational men like Sancroft , who alone cause Truth to appear this side the Eternal realm ; in contrast are the vast numbers of mistaken idiots , for ever deprived of light , led blindly by opinion . This ...
... hand is the small com- pany of rational men like Sancroft , who alone cause Truth to appear this side the Eternal realm ; in contrast are the vast numbers of mistaken idiots , for ever deprived of light , led blindly by opinion . This ...
Page 83
... hand - to - hand combats , wherein , needless to say , the ancients are almost uniformly triumphant . Capital is the encounter between Virgil and Dryden . The former appears in shining armour astride a mettled horse . Towards him ...
... hand - to - hand combats , wherein , needless to say , the ancients are almost uniformly triumphant . Capital is the encounter between Virgil and Dryden . The former appears in shining armour astride a mettled horse . Towards him ...
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... hand , might be liable to many defects , but would soon be digested by the wisdom of the nation ; and surely , six thousand pounds a year would not be ill laid out among as many commissioners duly qualified , who , in three divi- sions ...
... hand , might be liable to many defects , but would soon be digested by the wisdom of the nation ; and surely , six thousand pounds a year would not be ill laid out among as many commissioners duly qualified , who , in three divi- sions ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
Copyright | |
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