The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1936 - 398 pages |
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Page 64
... Matter . Lovers , for the sake of Celestial Converse , are but an- other sort of Platonicks , who pretend to see Stars and Heaven in Ladies Eyes , and to look or think no lower ; but the same Pit is provided for both ; and they seem a ...
... Matter . Lovers , for the sake of Celestial Converse , are but an- other sort of Platonicks , who pretend to see Stars and Heaven in Ladies Eyes , and to look or think no lower ; but the same Pit is provided for both ; and they seem a ...
Page 94
... matter wholly from modern knowl- edge . With all taste and imagination thus disposed of , literary composition in this enlightened age is vastly sim- plified , the sole requirement being a florilegium of modern knowledge , some ...
... matter wholly from modern knowl- edge . With all taste and imagination thus disposed of , literary composition in this enlightened age is vastly sim- plified , the sole requirement being a florilegium of modern knowledge , some ...
Page 183
... matter of course he fell into the old way with his whig friends - Addison , Steele , Congreve , Lord Somers , Lord Halifax . He was still the whig man of letters , contributing to the Tatler ( No. 230 , 28 September ) a paper on style ...
... matter of course he fell into the old way with his whig friends - Addison , Steele , Congreve , Lord Somers , Lord Halifax . He was still the whig man of letters , contributing to the Tatler ( No. 230 , 28 September ) a paper on style ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
Copyright | |
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