The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1936 - 398 pages |
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Page 88
... opening parts are held together chiefly by the firm- ness and unfaltering appositeness of line and tone , and only in a secondary way by the sustained attack on the moderns and the corruptions of modern learning - only once are ...
... opening parts are held together chiefly by the firm- ness and unfaltering appositeness of line and tone , and only in a secondary way by the sustained attack on the moderns and the corruptions of modern learning - only once are ...
Page 194
... 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 . Once again - and ...
... 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 . Once again - and ...
Page 308
... opening chapters which dictated a witty narrative rather than a sustained satire . Swift had no desire to swoop down upon his victims ; he was content to exercise his in- genuity in portraying them under the guise of ridiculous pygmies ...
... opening chapters which dictated a witty narrative rather than a sustained satire . Swift had no desire to swoop down upon his victims ; he was content to exercise his in- genuity in portraying them under the guise of ridiculous pygmies ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
Copyright | |
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