Jonathan Swift: An Introductory EssayMethuen, distributed by Harper & Row, Barnes & Noble Import Division, New York, 1973 - 216 pages |
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... particular aspect of the triviality of the age : the soi - disant wits , the Rosicrucian fad , Grub Street hacks , the fashionable attitudes of the Royal Society and the new science , philosophical optimism , puri- tanism ; but after ...
... particular aspect of the triviality of the age : the soi - disant wits , the Rosicrucian fad , Grub Street hacks , the fashionable attitudes of the Royal Society and the new science , philosophical optimism , puri- tanism ; but after ...
Page 104
... particular worlds . Universality is not arrived at by a process of reduction , by missing out all the particular detail which gives one age and one culture its unique , unrepeatable colour and flavour , its intricate texture and ...
... particular worlds . Universality is not arrived at by a process of reduction , by missing out all the particular detail which gives one age and one culture its unique , unrepeatable colour and flavour , its intricate texture and ...
Page 105
... particular purpose at a particular time ; it is a very practical document , appeal- ing to the Irish people in the year 1720 to undertake a certain course of action : What if we should agree to make burying in Woollen a Fashion , as our ...
... particular purpose at a particular time ; it is a very practical document , appeal- ing to the Irish people in the year 1720 to undertake a certain course of action : What if we should agree to make burying in Woollen a Fashion , as our ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
A Tale of a Tub | 16 |
Other Early Satires | 59 |
Copyright | |
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