The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1936 - 398 pages |
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Page 51
... presents a deceptively fair exterior ; reality , which is not fair but simply real , exists only beneath the surface . It ... present in Swift's thought . On the other hand , we find in him an ethical doctrine which , though of the seven ...
... presents a deceptively fair exterior ; reality , which is not fair but simply real , exists only beneath the surface . It ... present in Swift's thought . On the other hand , we find in him an ethical doctrine which , though of the seven ...
Page 90
... present work is satire , for which indeed the author has neither talent nor inclination : On the other side , I am so entirely satisfied with the whole present Procedure of human Things , that I have been for some Years preparing ...
... present work is satire , for which indeed the author has neither talent nor inclination : On the other side , I am so entirely satisfied with the whole present Procedure of human Things , that I have been for some Years preparing ...
Page 380
... present study ) , he be- lieved that this attitude and these instincts were the same in all men of taste . It should be understood that wherever in the course of my study I use the word ' taste ' I am using it in Swift's sense . There ...
... present study ) , he be- lieved that this attitude and these instincts were the same in all men of taste . It should be understood that wherever in the course of my study I use the word ' taste ' I am using it in Swift's sense . There ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
Copyright | |
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