Jonathan Swift: A Critical BiographyCape, 1954 - 508 pàgines |
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... true skill lies in finding employment for the redundancy of vapour , and adjusting the season of its action . Curtius jumps into a gulf at the right moment , and is a hero ; Empedocles mistimes his jump and becomes a by- word . The ...
... true skill lies in finding employment for the redundancy of vapour , and adjusting the season of its action . Curtius jumps into a gulf at the right moment , and is a hero ; Empedocles mistimes his jump and becomes a by- word . The ...
Pàgina 139
... true value for both , would be sure to avoid the extremes of Whig for the sake of the former , and the extremes of Tory on account of the latter'.10 It followed from this conception of the Constitution and of the monarch , who was the ...
... true value for both , would be sure to avoid the extremes of Whig for the sake of the former , and the extremes of Tory on account of the latter'.10 It followed from this conception of the Constitution and of the monarch , who was the ...
Pàgina 222
... true genius ' : which he thus defines : I do not mean by a true genius , any bold writer , who breaks through the rules of decency to distinguish himself by the singularity of his opinions ; but one who upon a deserving subject , is ...
... true genius ' : which he thus defines : I do not mean by a true genius , any bold writer , who breaks through the rules of decency to distinguish himself by the singularity of his opinions ; but one who upon a deserving subject , is ...
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