The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1936 - 398 pages |
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Page 57
... seen . Nor did Swift ever lose sight of the dualism cleaving society into two groups , one made up of the cultivated few , the other of the mass of mankind . Con- sistently he distinguished between these groups , assigning to the former ...
... seen . Nor did Swift ever lose sight of the dualism cleaving society into two groups , one made up of the cultivated few , the other of the mass of mankind . Con- sistently he distinguished between these groups , assigning to the former ...
Page 157
... seen a snake in human form , All stain'd with infamy and vice , Leap from the dunhill in a trice , Burnish and make a gaudy show , Become a general , peer , and beau , Till peace has made the sky serene , Then shrink into its hole again ...
... seen a snake in human form , All stain'd with infamy and vice , Leap from the dunhill in a trice , Burnish and make a gaudy show , Become a general , peer , and beau , Till peace has made the sky serene , Then shrink into its hole again ...
Page 158
... seen , has increased in direct proportion to the animosity . In this case le mythe animal was already at hand , but the loathsome details with which this is elaborated come solely from an imagination possessed of a terrible power to ...
... seen , has increased in direct proportion to the animosity . In this case le mythe animal was already at hand , but the loathsome details with which this is elaborated come solely from an imagination possessed of a terrible power to ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
Copyright | |
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