Eighteenth-century English Literature: Modern Essays in CriticismOxford University Press, 1959 - 351 Seiten |
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... Houyhnhnms have been regarded as Swift's ideal for man , and the Yahoos have been identified as his representation of what men are . Neither of these opinions , I believe is correct . Let us begin with the Houyhnhnms and the Yahoos . In ...
... Houyhnhnms have been regarded as Swift's ideal for man , and the Yahoos have been identified as his representation of what men are . Neither of these opinions , I believe is correct . Let us begin with the Houyhnhnms and the Yahoos . In ...
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... Houyhnhnms are the embodiment of pure reason . They know neither love nor grief nor lust nor ambition . They cannot lie ; indeed they have no word for lying and are hard put to it to understand the meaning of opinion . Their society is ...
... Houyhnhnms are the embodiment of pure reason . They know neither love nor grief nor lust nor ambition . They cannot lie ; indeed they have no word for lying and are hard put to it to understand the meaning of opinion . Their society is ...
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... Houyhnhnms in equating human beings with the Yahoos . Cap- tured by a Portuguese crew and forced to return from sullen solitude to humanity , he trembles between fear and hatred . The captain of the ship , Don Pedro de Mendez , like ...
... Houyhnhnms in equating human beings with the Yahoos . Cap- tured by a Portuguese crew and forced to return from sullen solitude to humanity , he trembles between fear and hatred . The captain of the ship , Don Pedro de Mendez , like ...
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THE GLOOM OF THE TORY SATIRISTS | 3 |
THE ESSAY ON CRITICISM | 42 |
POPE SEEN THROUGH HIS LETTERS | 62 |
Urheberrecht | |
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