Jonathan Swift: An Introductory EssayMethuen, distributed by Harper & Row, Barnes & Noble Import Division, New York, 1973 - 216 pages |
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Page 81
... instance , as we have seen , in the problem of the spermatozoon , or animalcule . Descartes was not the only philosopher to be affected by the movement . Hobbes , for instance , approached much more closely to an uncompromising ...
... instance , as we have seen , in the problem of the spermatozoon , or animalcule . Descartes was not the only philosopher to be affected by the movement . Hobbes , for instance , approached much more closely to an uncompromising ...
Page 93
... instance , in the Spenserian tradition of verse in the eighteenth century . The later satires have many of the same objectives as these early ones ; Swift still concerns himself very greatly with the dangers which follow when man allows ...
... instance , in the Spenserian tradition of verse in the eighteenth century . The later satires have many of the same objectives as these early ones ; Swift still concerns himself very greatly with the dangers which follow when man allows ...
Page 179
... instance . If these are Gulliver's ideals , then perhaps he should be judged by them . Gulliver returns to Rotherhithe : As soon as I entered the House , my Wife took me in her Arms , and kissed me ; at which , having not been used to ...
... instance . If these are Gulliver's ideals , then perhaps he should be judged by them . Gulliver returns to Rotherhithe : As soon as I entered the House , my Wife took me in her Arms , and kissed me ; at which , having not been used to ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
A Tale of a Tub | 16 |
Other Early Satires | 59 |
Copyright | |
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