The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1936 - 398 pages |
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Page 51
... ideas , which enforced the emotional intensity and canalized it but did not generate it . Swift's thought , a unified whole as entertained by him , presents from the point of view of the history of ideas two different sides . In a ...
... ideas , which enforced the emotional intensity and canalized it but did not generate it . Swift's thought , a unified whole as entertained by him , presents from the point of view of the history of ideas two different sides . In a ...
Page 72
... ideas without coming to any final estimate . But an absolute suspension of judgment is im- possible ; indeed , it is perhaps unnatural , for the soul of Swift was more than embodiment of a certain time spirit . However we regard him ...
... ideas without coming to any final estimate . But an absolute suspension of judgment is im- possible ; indeed , it is perhaps unnatural , for the soul of Swift was more than embodiment of a certain time spirit . However we regard him ...
Page 159
... ideas , will be apt , in speaking , to hesitate upon the choice of both ; whereas common speakers have only one set of ideas , and one set of words to clothe them in ; and these are always ready at the mouth ; so people come faster out ...
... ideas , will be apt , in speaking , to hesitate upon the choice of both ; whereas common speakers have only one set of ideas , and one set of words to clothe them in ; and these are always ready at the mouth ; so people come faster out ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
Copyright | |
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