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Page 47
Were it not for his unsuccessful experiments in verse satire , it would be natural to assume that Swift came by the Swiftian manner without a struggle . To show how far off the truth such an assump- tion lies is one of the purposes of ...
Were it not for his unsuccessful experiments in verse satire , it would be natural to assume that Swift came by the Swiftian manner without a struggle . To show how far off the truth such an assump- tion lies is one of the purposes of ...
Page 67
As for the ' moving manner of preaching , ' calcu- < lated to work on the passions , it is one esteemed and practiced ' among all the preachers and hearers of the fanatic or enthu- siastic strain . ' Swift concludes the matter with this ...
As for the ' moving manner of preaching , ' calcu- < lated to work on the passions , it is one esteemed and practiced ' among all the preachers and hearers of the fanatic or enthu- siastic strain . ' Swift concludes the matter with this ...
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Then madam bade the chariot stand , Call'd to the clerk , in manner mild , Pray , reach that thing here to the child : That thing , I mean , among the kale ; And here's to buy a pot of ale . The Hints towards an Essay on Conversation ...
Then madam bade the chariot stand , Call'd to the clerk , in manner mild , Pray , reach that thing here to the child : That thing , I mean , among the kale ; And here's to buy a pot of ale . The Hints towards an Essay on Conversation ...
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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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