The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1936 - 398 pages |
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Page 54
... sense original , his sole contribution being the intellectual energy with which he took up contemporary theory , extended its applications , and gave it a statement irresistibly forcible because of its superb clarity : Common sense is ...
... sense original , his sole contribution being the intellectual energy with which he took up contemporary theory , extended its applications , and gave it a statement irresistibly forcible because of its superb clarity : Common sense is ...
Page 56
... sense of mankind . Conditions may be now favourable and again inimical to its full expression , but by the laws of the universe the high level has been fixed by an unalterable bench - mark . The time sense of one like Swift gave to past ...
... sense of mankind . Conditions may be now favourable and again inimical to its full expression , but by the laws of the universe the high level has been fixed by an unalterable bench - mark . The time sense of one like Swift gave to past ...
Page 96
... Senses , and com- mon Understanding , as well as common Sense , is Kickt out of Doors ; the first Proselyte he makes , is Himself , and when that is once compass'd , the Difficulty is not so great in bring- ing over others ...
... Senses , and com- mon Understanding , as well as common Sense , is Kickt out of Doors ; the first Proselyte he makes , is Himself , and when that is once compass'd , the Difficulty is not so great in bring- ing over others ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
Copyright | |
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