Jonathan Swift: An Introductory EssayMethuen, distributed by Harper & Row, Barnes & Noble Import Division, New York, 1973 - 216 pages |
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Page 161
... virtues as having priority over others ; they are the Roman virtues of Courage , Fortitude and Honour rather than the prime Christian virtues of Faith , Hope and Charity . The two notions of virtue can be recon- ciled ; but in this ...
... virtues as having priority over others ; they are the Roman virtues of Courage , Fortitude and Honour rather than the prime Christian virtues of Faith , Hope and Charity . The two notions of virtue can be recon- ciled ; but in this ...
Page 179
... Virtues among the Houyhnhnms ; and these not confined to particular Objects , but universal to the whole Race . ' Let us say , for argument's sake , that Gulliver is correct in implying that Reason dic- tates these two virtues as pre ...
... Virtues among the Houyhnhnms ; and these not confined to particular Objects , but universal to the whole Race . ' Let us say , for argument's sake , that Gulliver is correct in implying that Reason dic- tates these two virtues as pre ...
Page 180
... virtues have been in control of things ; Swift has shown how very strong their hold is over his imagination . They form a third element in a triumvirate of influences over Swift- as indeed over the mind of any European ; to the Athenian ...
... virtues have been in control of things ; Swift has shown how very strong their hold is over his imagination . They form a third element in a triumvirate of influences over Swift- as indeed over the mind of any European ; to the Athenian ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
A Tale of a Tub | 16 |
Other Early Satires | 59 |
Copyright | |
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