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... it is satire intellec- tualized by as theoretical a mind as England had produced . Now , it has often been said that Butler is Swift's master . This can mean several things . One thing which it cannot mean is that the satiric artist ...
... it is satire intellec- tualized by as theoretical a mind as England had produced . Now , it has often been said that Butler is Swift's master . This can mean several things . One thing which it cannot mean is that the satiric artist ...
Page 119
He replied , ' By acknowledgments , I do not mean any thing under their hands ; but I will so far explain myself to tell you , I mean better acknowledgments than those of the clergy of Éng- land . ' I then begged his Lordship , to give ...
He replied , ' By acknowledgments , I do not mean any thing under their hands ; but I will so far explain myself to tell you , I mean better acknowledgments than those of the clergy of Éng- land . ' I then begged his Lordship , to give ...
Page 120
The prog- ress he means , must be something entirely between the Queen and himself , for the two chief Ministers assure me they never heard of the matter from him ; and in God's name , what sort of progress can he mean ?
The prog- ress he means , must be something entirely between the Queen and himself , for the two chief Ministers assure me they never heard of the matter from him ; and in God's name , what sort of progress can he mean ?
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CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
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