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He is , he confesses , overfond of his own writings and can reread them a hundred times with pleas- ure . But he finds it equally difficult to criticize severely the writings of his friends , for he discovers beauties in their work in ...
He is , he confesses , overfond of his own writings and can reread them a hundred times with pleas- ure . But he finds it equally difficult to criticize severely the writings of his friends , for he discovers beauties in their work in ...
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Lahontan's thorough - going intellectual libertinism is appar- ent in all of his writings , but above all in the Dialogues curieux , which may be regarded as a summary of the case which by that time had been built up against ...
Lahontan's thorough - going intellectual libertinism is appar- ent in all of his writings , but above all in the Dialogues curieux , which may be regarded as a summary of the case which by that time had been built up against ...
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Remarks on the life and writ- ings of Dr. Jonathan Swift . London , 1752 [ ptd . 1751 ] . Delany , Patrick . Observations upon Lord Orrery's Remarks on the life and writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift . London , 1754 .
Remarks on the life and writ- ings of Dr. Jonathan Swift . London , 1752 [ ptd . 1751 ] . Delany , Patrick . Observations upon Lord Orrery's Remarks on the life and writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift . London , 1754 .
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Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
Copyright | |
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