The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1936 - 398 pages |
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Page 283
... turned out to graze in the common she grows lank and spare and before long is flying over the parish , singing harmoniously as she wings her way . So the poet . Replete , he is good for nothing , but let him starve and his powers ...
... turned out to graze in the common she grows lank and spare and before long is flying over the parish , singing harmoniously as she wings her way . So the poet . Replete , he is good for nothing , but let him starve and his powers ...
Page 336
... turned with her to consider what lay behind them : Although we now can form no more Long schemes of life , as heretofore ; Yet you , while time is running fast , Can look with joy on what is past . During the final weeks of 1727 he was ...
... turned with her to consider what lay behind them : Although we now can form no more Long schemes of life , as heretofore ; Yet you , while time is running fast , Can look with joy on what is past . During the final weeks of 1727 he was ...
Page 350
... turned out - between the dean of St. Patrick's and Serjeant Bettesworth , member of par- liament and vociferous supporter of the bill . For his recent conduct in the house Bettesworth soon found himself in the company of Smedley , Tighe ...
... turned out - between the dean of St. Patrick's and Serjeant Bettesworth , member of par- liament and vociferous supporter of the bill . For his recent conduct in the house Bettesworth soon found himself in the company of Smedley , Tighe ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
Copyright | |
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