The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1936 - 398 pages |
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Page 76
... seems unlikely or allowed a design to emerge as year by year he added and revised is all the same - whatever the method , its result was satire incomparable for the conjunc- tion of matter , tone , and form . - - 2 The Battle of the ...
... seems unlikely or allowed a design to emerge as year by year he added and revised is all the same - whatever the method , its result was satire incomparable for the conjunc- tion of matter , tone , and form . - - 2 The Battle of the ...
Page 131
... seems to be placed in the whole body , wherever the executive part of it lies ; ( 2 ) not to be confused with this absolute power is the administrative or executive power . ( Swift would have achieved a clearer statement had he made a ...
... seems to be placed in the whole body , wherever the executive part of it lies ; ( 2 ) not to be confused with this absolute power is the administrative or executive power . ( Swift would have achieved a clearer statement had he made a ...
Page 219
... seems to call a coach . The tuck'd - up sempstress walks with hasty strides , While streams run down her oil'd ... seem to tell What street they sail'd from , by their sight and smell . They , as each torrent drives with rapid force ...
... seems to call a coach . The tuck'd - up sempstress walks with hasty strides , While streams run down her oil'd ... seem to tell What street they sail'd from , by their sight and smell . They , as each torrent drives with rapid force ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
Copyright | |
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