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Page 88
Delicious parody of lit- erary manners ' in this polite and most accomplish'd Age , ' when this writer went in heavily for dedications - see Dryden - and that for prefaces , introductions , and apologies , these five opening parts are ...
Delicious parody of lit- erary manners ' in this polite and most accomplish'd Age , ' when this writer went in heavily for dedications - see Dryden - and that for prefaces , introductions , and apologies , these five opening parts are ...
Page 194
Here was the opening for which Swift had been waiting since his altercation with Steele . At the end of October appeared The Importance of the Guardian Considered , as fierce a personal attack as ever came from Swift's dreaded pen .
Here was the opening for which Swift had been waiting since his altercation with Steele . At the end of October appeared The Importance of the Guardian Considered , as fierce a personal attack as ever came from Swift's dreaded pen .
Page 308
Now , in the two opening chapters there is nothing contemptible about these little people ; their courage is remarkable and so is the skill with which they re- [ duce the Man Mountain to submission . Perhaps they strike us favourably ...
Now , in the two opening chapters there is nothing contemptible about these little people ; their courage is remarkable and so is the skill with which they re- [ duce the Man Mountain to submission . Perhaps they strike us favourably ...
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Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
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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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