Jonathan Swift: An Introductory EssayMethuen, distributed by Harper & Row, Barnes & Noble Import Division, New York, 1973 - 216 pages |
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Page 64
... least have been allowed her as an excellence ; and that as to her stealing sweets from the herbs and flowers of the field , her skill was there so conspicuous , that no flower ever suffered the least diminution of its fragrance from so ...
... least have been allowed her as an excellence ; and that as to her stealing sweets from the herbs and flowers of the field , her skill was there so conspicuous , that no flower ever suffered the least diminution of its fragrance from so ...
Page 106
... least , relieved of his fear of authority and power . Then Swift employs the method of fable for the next stage : notice how he appeals to Ovid , giving a point of reference as remote as may be from the actual sufferings of Ireland ...
... least , relieved of his fear of authority and power . Then Swift employs the method of fable for the next stage : notice how he appeals to Ovid , giving a point of reference as remote as may be from the actual sufferings of Ireland ...
Page 183
... least Disposition to Virtue or Wisdom ... The arrogance of Lemuel Gulliver is so clear here as to need no comment at all ; what makes the passage , and the whole letter , doubly interesting , is that it is as it were , retro- flex ; it ...
... least Disposition to Virtue or Wisdom ... The arrogance of Lemuel Gulliver is so clear here as to need no comment at all ; what makes the passage , and the whole letter , doubly interesting , is that it is as it were , retro- flex ; it ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
A Tale of a Tub | 16 |
Other Early Satires | 59 |
Copyright | |
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