Jonathan Swift: An Introductory EssayMethuen, distributed by Harper & Row, Barnes & Noble Import Division, New York, 1973 - 216 pages |
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Page 74
... accept much that Swift would not accept as proper in religious thought . When the virtuoso draws a distinction between two possible meanings for the term Spirit , ' a supernatural Assis- tance , approaching from without ' and ' the ...
... accept much that Swift would not accept as proper in religious thought . When the virtuoso draws a distinction between two possible meanings for the term Spirit , ' a supernatural Assis- tance , approaching from without ' and ' the ...
Page 103
... accept imports of woollen goods from England . One would have thought that , em- barrassing as this may have been to the authorities , no one could have considered a proposal for the Irish to wear Irish cloth seditious , treasonable or ...
... accept imports of woollen goods from England . One would have thought that , em- barrassing as this may have been to the authorities , no one could have considered a proposal for the Irish to wear Irish cloth seditious , treasonable or ...
Page 137
... accepted structure of moral values and unusually shrewd criticisms of the basis of common law . Swift has allowed ... accept that it would be best to separate children from their parents at a very early age , deprive them of love and ...
... accepted structure of moral values and unusually shrewd criticisms of the basis of common law . Swift has allowed ... accept that it would be best to separate children from their parents at a very early age , deprive them of love and ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
A Tale of a Tub | 16 |
Other Early Satires | 59 |
Copyright | |
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