The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1936 - 398 pages |
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Page 154
... pieces of the sort there is an admixture of humour , however coarse , which shows that Swift laughed as he wrote . In later years there was no laughter . The third piece composed at Dublin Castle is the delicious Mrs. Frances Harris's ...
... pieces of the sort there is an admixture of humour , however coarse , which shows that Swift laughed as he wrote . In later years there was no laughter . The third piece composed at Dublin Castle is the delicious Mrs. Frances Harris's ...
Page 358
... pieces , both of them , compounded of the purest Swiftian humour , the secret of which died with the dean of St. Patrick's . 4 WITH a few notable exceptions , the pieces in verse and prose which have been referred to in the three ...
... pieces , both of them , compounded of the purest Swiftian humour , the secret of which died with the dean of St. Patrick's . 4 WITH a few notable exceptions , the pieces in verse and prose which have been referred to in the three ...
Page 385
... pieces fathered upon Martinus originated in the days of the Club's activities and which were composed at later dates by one or another of the members . The Scriblerian canon is dis- cussed at length by both Allen , The clubs of Augustan ...
... pieces fathered upon Martinus originated in the days of the Club's activities and which were composed at later dates by one or another of the members . The Scriblerian canon is dis- cussed at length by both Allen , The clubs of Augustan ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
Copyright | |
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