Jonathan Swift: An Introductory EssayMethuen, distributed by Harper & Row, Barnes & Noble Import Division, New York, 1973 - 216 pages |
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... represent ways of thinking which belonged to the crazier experimental fringes of Renaissance thought ; they were the flourishes of the Baroque sensibility , and in full retreat in face of the ' Modern ' sensibility . Swift scorns them ...
... represent ways of thinking which belonged to the crazier experimental fringes of Renaissance thought ; they were the flourishes of the Baroque sensibility , and in full retreat in face of the ' Modern ' sensibility . Swift scorns them ...
Page 115
... represent things or ideas . Today we are all quite used to the idea that coins and notes are not in themselves wealth : they represent wealth . If the government which issues a paper currency ceases to guarantee it , it becomes ...
... represent things or ideas . Today we are all quite used to the idea that coins and notes are not in themselves wealth : they represent wealth . If the government which issues a paper currency ceases to guarantee it , it becomes ...
Page 116
... representing its actions and motives honestly to the people , by the people being allowed to represent its needs and complaints directly to the govern- ment . Otherwise a government is a flying island ; the governors , wrapped in their ...
... representing its actions and motives honestly to the people , by the people being allowed to represent its needs and complaints directly to the govern- ment . Otherwise a government is a flying island ; the governors , wrapped in their ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
A Tale of a Tub | 16 |
Other Early Satires | 59 |
Copyright | |
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