| Ronald Paulson - 1998 - 292 sayfa
...of new philosophies and religions, locking them up in the cells of Bedlam. Such consequences follow "when a Man's fancy gets astride on his Reason, when...common Understanding, as well as common Sense, is Kickt out of Doors." And Swift's ironic persona adds: Those Entertainments and Pleasures we most value... | |
| Wendy Motooka - 1998 - 302 sayfa
...of reason as well. Swift, for example, had employed it to depict enthusiasm: when a man's fancy gers astride on his reason, when imagination is at cuffs with the senses, and common undersranding as well as common sense, is kicked our of doors; then the first proselyre he makes is... | |
| James Noggle - 2001 - 288 sayfa
...appears in the "Digression on Madness," where persuasive power is shown to be a special kind of weakness: when a Man's Fancy gets astride on his Reason, when...common Understanding, as well as common Sense, is Kickt out of Doors; the first Proselyte he makes, is Himself, and when that is once compass'd, the... | |
| Thomas Duddy - 2002 - 392 sayfa
...the less he is inclined to form Parties after his particular Notions; because that instructs him in his private Infirmities, as well as in the stubborn...common Understanding, as well as common Sense, is Kickt out of Doors; the first Proselyte he makes, is Himself, and when that is once compass'ed, the... | |
| Thomas Duddy - 2002 - 390 sayfa
...is inclined to form Parties afrer his particular Notions; because that insttucts him in his privare Infirmities, as well as in the stubborn Ignorance...gets astride on his Reason, when Imagination is at Cutis with the Senses, and common Undersranding, as well as common Sense, is Kickt out of Doors; the... | |
| Thomas Duddy - 2002 - 392 sayfa
...is inclined to form Parties afrer his particular Notions; because that insttucrs him in his ptivare Infirmities, as well as in the stubborn Ignorance of the People. But when a man's Fancy gers asttide on his Reason, when Imagination is at Cuffs with the Senses, and common Undersranding,... | |
| Christopher Fox - 2003 - 306 sayfa
...Fancy gets astride on his Reason . . . and common Understanding, as well as common Sense, is kickt out of Doors; the first Proselyte he makes is Himself, and when that is once compass'd, the Difficulty is not so great in bringing over others" (PW i: 108). The "Fanatick Strain,... | |
| John A. Richardson - 2004 - 210 sayfa
...since it comprehends what is 'generally understood by Happiness' (Prose, 1.108). His persona explains: when a Man's Fancy gets astride on his Reason, when...common Understanding, as well as common Sense, is Kickt out of Doors; the first Proselyte he makes, is Himself, and when that is once compass'd, the... | |
| Howard D. Weinbrot - 2005 - 412 sayfa
...acceptance (p. 124). These are particular examples of human madness, which does its own exclusion. "When a man's Fancy gets astride on his Reason, when...common Understanding, as well as common Sense, is Kickt out of Doors, the first Proselyte he makes, is Himself; and when that is once compass'd, the... | |
| John Richetti - 2005 - 974 sayfa
...'Digression on Madness' explains what happens, and it is no accident that Swift's phrasing is religious. 'When a Man's Fancy gets astride on his Reason, when...common Understanding, as well as common Sense, is Kickt out of Doors; the first Proselyte he makes, is Himself, and when that is once compass'd, the... | |
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