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Page 97
... Swift's " Pindaric and heroic aberration " was soon over . Possibly John Dryden was partly responsible . After examining the manuscript of one of these productions , he said to the expectant neophyte , " Cousin Swift , you will never be ...
... Swift's " Pindaric and heroic aberration " was soon over . Possibly John Dryden was partly responsible . After examining the manuscript of one of these productions , he said to the expectant neophyte , " Cousin Swift , you will never be ...
Page 98
... Swift wrote verses about anything , everything , nothing - as the spirit of fun or the demon of satire prompted . In a sense Johnson was justified in saying that Swift's poems , most of them occasional , scarcely call for a critical ...
... Swift wrote verses about anything , everything , nothing - as the spirit of fun or the demon of satire prompted . In a sense Johnson was justified in saying that Swift's poems , most of them occasional , scarcely call for a critical ...
Page 99
... Swift appeared in 1739 , six years before the actual event . This , says Carl Van Doren , is the most surprising of Swift's trifles , and he adds : “ Swift could not keep his hoax to himself . It was too good to be left for any man's ...
... Swift appeared in 1739 , six years before the actual event . This , says Carl Van Doren , is the most surprising of Swift's trifles , and he adds : “ Swift could not keep his hoax to himself . It was too good to be left for any man's ...
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MATTHEW PRIOR | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
The Female Phaeton | 15 |
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