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 284
... hand , you dance rarely . Margery Grinagin . At odd moments during 1724 and '25 Swift diverted him- self by writing a great number of Riddles , now of more interest to the student of folk - lore than to the average reader of verse ...
... hand , you dance rarely . Margery Grinagin . At odd moments during 1724 and '25 Swift diverted him- self by writing a great number of Riddles , now of more interest to the student of folk - lore than to the average reader of verse ...
Page 360
... hand his finger laid , Thy hand as dry and cold as lead , His matrimonial spirit fled ; He felt about his heart a damp , That quite extinguish'd Cupid's lamp : Away the frighted spectre scuds , And leaves my lady in the suds . In 1730 ...
... hand his finger laid , Thy hand as dry and cold as lead , His matrimonial spirit fled ; He felt about his heart a damp , That quite extinguish'd Cupid's lamp : Away the frighted spectre scuds , And leaves my lady in the suds . In 1730 ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
Copyright | |
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