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It is not as you think - look ! To the end Swift himself looked , his eyes untouched by hope , intent only upon the ineluctable truth as it was given him to see it . 17 5 BEFORE bringing to an end this analysis of Swift's controlling ...
It is not as you think - look ! To the end Swift himself looked , his eyes untouched by hope , intent only upon the ineluctable truth as it was given him to see it . 17 5 BEFORE bringing to an end this analysis of Swift's controlling ...
Page 91
After admonishing his children to look to his will for the wearing and management of the coats , and always to live in harmony together under one roof , the father dies . In a short time the three sons come up to town , where , despite ...
After admonishing his children to look to his will for the wearing and management of the coats , and always to live in harmony together under one roof , the father dies . In a short time the three sons come up to town , where , despite ...
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So clowns on scholars as on wizards look , And take a folio for a conj'ring book . Swift had the sin of wit , no venial crime ; Nay , ' twas affirm'd , he sometimes dealt in rhyme ; Humour and mirth had place in all he writ ...
So clowns on scholars as on wizards look , And take a folio for a conj'ring book . Swift had the sin of wit , no venial crime ; Nay , ' twas affirm'd , he sometimes dealt in rhyme ; Humour and mirth had place in all he writ ...
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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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