Jonathan Swift: An Introductory EssayMethuen, distributed by Harper & Row, Barnes & Noble Import Division, New York, 1973 - 216 pages |
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Page 100
... Ireland than his daily newspaper , with its brutalizing , re- petitive tale of atrocities and opinionated stubbornness on every side . Or at least Swift will help us to see some of the depth of this hell , so that we can no longer ...
... Ireland than his daily newspaper , with its brutalizing , re- petitive tale of atrocities and opinionated stubbornness on every side . Or at least Swift will help us to see some of the depth of this hell , so that we can no longer ...
Page 103
... Ireland passed peacefully enough , to all outward appearance . But his in- timacy with Harley and Bolingbroke had ... Ireland's suffering could be traced to the Wool Act of 1699 and other related pieces of legislation ; Swift recognized ...
... Ireland passed peacefully enough , to all outward appearance . But his in- timacy with Harley and Bolingbroke had ... Ireland's suffering could be traced to the Wool Act of 1699 and other related pieces of legislation ; Swift recognized ...
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... Ireland , and in this latter he makes clear something which has been implicit in all the other three : that the quarrel about coinage implied an even deeper question the true relationship between the Crown and the people of Ireland ...
... Ireland , and in this latter he makes clear something which has been implicit in all the other three : that the quarrel about coinage implied an even deeper question the true relationship between the Crown and the people of Ireland ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
A Tale of a Tub | 16 |
Other Early Satires | 59 |
Copyright | |
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