Jonathan Swift: An Introductory EssayMethuen, distributed by Harper & Row, Barnes & Noble Import Division, New York, 1973 - 216 pages |
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... never important in himself , never the subject but the vehicle for moral questioning . He is never simply or com- pletely a representative of reader , author or mankind in general , but always the means by which Swift manoeuvres the ...
... never important in himself , never the subject but the vehicle for moral questioning . He is never simply or com- pletely a representative of reader , author or mankind in general , but always the means by which Swift manoeuvres the ...
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... never fail to set it down by way of Common - place ; and when I have occasion to write upon Human Reason , Politicks , Eloquence , or Knowledge ; I lay my Memorandums before me , and insert them with a wonderful Facility of Application ...
... never fail to set it down by way of Common - place ; and when I have occasion to write upon Human Reason , Politicks , Eloquence , or Knowledge ; I lay my Memorandums before me , and insert them with a wonderful Facility of Application ...
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... never thought an Honour done him Because a Duke was proud to own him : Would rather slip aside , and chuse To talk with Wits in dirty Shoes : Despis'd the Fools with Stars and Garters , So often seen caressing Chartres : He never ...
... never thought an Honour done him Because a Duke was proud to own him : Would rather slip aside , and chuse To talk with Wits in dirty Shoes : Despis'd the Fools with Stars and Garters , So often seen caressing Chartres : He never ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
A Tale of a Tub | 16 |
Other Early Satires | 59 |
Copyright | |
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