The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1936 - 398 pages |
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Page ix
... prose is quoted from The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift , ed . Temple Scott ( 12 vols .; London : George Bell & Sons , Ltd. , 1897-1908 . ' Bohn's Standard Library ' ) .- By arrangement with Messrs . George Bell & Sons , Ltd. 2. Swift's ...
... prose is quoted from The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift , ed . Temple Scott ( 12 vols .; London : George Bell & Sons , Ltd. , 1897-1908 . ' Bohn's Standard Library ' ) .- By arrangement with Messrs . George Bell & Sons , Ltd. 2. Swift's ...
Page 67
... prose style . Here , to a greater extent than in poetry , reason must rule . Eloquence moves the passions , but it is sense that reaches the understanding ; manifestly it is to the under- standing that the prose writer addresses himself ...
... prose style . Here , to a greater extent than in poetry , reason must rule . Eloquence moves the passions , but it is sense that reaches the understanding ; manifestly it is to the under- standing that the prose writer addresses himself ...
Page 273
... prose and in verse that bear the full imprint of Swift's genius , and it is with these miscellaneous composi- tions that the present chapter has to do . 2 WITHIN the period of which we are speaking there are only two prose compositions ...
... prose and in verse that bear the full imprint of Swift's genius , and it is with these miscellaneous composi- tions that the present chapter has to do . 2 WITHIN the period of which we are speaking there are only two prose compositions ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
Copyright | |
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