Jonathan Swift: An Introductory EssayMethuen, distributed by Harper & Row, Barnes & Noble Import Division, New York, 1973 - 216 pages |
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... sufferings of the Irish people . He was closely , passionately involved , and part of his involvement is his ... suffering domestic animal , concern of the kind that a Houyhnhnm might have for a Yahoo - and even this breaks down ...
... sufferings of the Irish people . He was closely , passionately involved , and part of his involvement is his ... suffering domestic animal , concern of the kind that a Houyhnhnm might have for a Yahoo - and even this breaks down ...
Page 73
... suffer , all the members suffer with it ; or one member be honoured , all the members rejoice with it . The reference to the Acts of the Apostles satirically under- scores the contrast between the harmony of Spirit and Reason which ...
... suffer , all the members suffer with it ; or one member be honoured , all the members rejoice with it . The reference to the Acts of the Apostles satirically under- scores the contrast between the harmony of Spirit and Reason which ...
Page 103
... suffering , though like everyone else he was sometimes blind to some aspects of it . Much of Ireland's suffering could be traced to the Wool Act of 1699 and other related pieces of legislation ; Swift recognized this and seized on the ...
... suffering , though like everyone else he was sometimes blind to some aspects of it . Much of Ireland's suffering could be traced to the Wool Act of 1699 and other related pieces of legislation ; Swift recognized this and seized on the ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
A Tale of a Tub | 16 |
Other Early Satires | 59 |
Copyright | |
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