Essays on the Eighteenth Century, Presented to David Nichol Smith in Honour of His Seventieth BirthdayClarendon Press, 1945 - 288 pages |
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... present Age , have been largely fulfilling his Prophecy . When that theme is fully exhausted , Swift again reminds us of his text only to confess that he had treated it in a manner much more suited to the present times than to the ...
... present Age , have been largely fulfilling his Prophecy . When that theme is fully exhausted , Swift again reminds us of his text only to confess that he had treated it in a manner much more suited to the present times than to the ...
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... present happiness is enhanced , present misery endurable . There have been early splendours and they need never pass away entirely . It is no less fatal for a man to be separated from his past than for his intellect to give the lie to ...
... present happiness is enhanced , present misery endurable . There have been early splendours and they need never pass away entirely . It is no less fatal for a man to be separated from his past than for his intellect to give the lie to ...
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... present ) is that it was lived through particular by particular . It is the business of the historian to discover these particulars for himself and for us . He will not always , of course , present them as particulars ; he will ...
... present ) is that it was lived through particular by particular . It is the business of the historian to discover these particulars for himself and for us . He will not always , of course , present them as particulars ; he will ...
Contents
THE CONCISENESS OF SWIFT HERBERT DAVIS Smith College | 33 |
THE INSPIRATION OF POPES POETRY JOHN BUTT Bedford | 65 |
WHERE ONCE STOOD THEIR PLAIN HOMELY DWELL | 80 |
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