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The spider , whose web has been ruined , spies the culprit and shouts insults at him : he is a rascal , a vagabond without house or home , living upon a universal plunder of nature . To which the bee replies at length : you boast that ...
The spider , whose web has been ruined , spies the culprit and shouts insults at him : he is a rascal , a vagabond without house or home , living upon a universal plunder of nature . To which the bee replies at length : you boast that ...
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... him whilst he lived , that he made him give up his living in [ Ireland ] , to stay with him at Moor Park , and promised to get him one in England . But death came in between , and has left him unprovided both of friend and living .
... him whilst he lived , that he made him give up his living in [ Ireland ] , to stay with him at Moor Park , and promised to get him one in England . But death came in between , and has left him unprovided both of friend and living .
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Bolingbroke was still determined that a suit- able living should be found for Swift in England , and in 1732 he broached a plan whereby an exchange might be effected between the rector of Burghfield , in Berkshire , and the dean of St.
Bolingbroke was still determined that a suit- able living should be found for Swift in England , and in 1732 he broached a plan whereby an exchange might be effected between the rector of Burghfield , in Berkshire , and the dean of St.
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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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