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... contrast , the Ancients took the view that the Greek philo- sophers of classical antiquity had achieved a peak of human wisdom and enlightenment . Compared with the magisterial clarity and authority of their works , the vaunted ...
... contrast , the Ancients took the view that the Greek philo- sophers of classical antiquity had achieved a peak of human wisdom and enlightenment . Compared with the magisterial clarity and authority of their works , the vaunted ...
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... contrasts which makes ' jarrings in the main agree ' . Parties directly opposite Assist each other , as ' twere for spite . Such a description might almost be regarded as a parody of the theory of discordia concors developed in Pope's ...
... contrasts which makes ' jarrings in the main agree ' . Parties directly opposite Assist each other , as ' twere for spite . Such a description might almost be regarded as a parody of the theory of discordia concors developed in Pope's ...
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... contrast between lunch at a Men's College and dinner at a Women's College at Oxbridge . The lunch is a sensuous and aesthetic delight : soles ' sunk in a deep dish , over which the college cook had spread a counterpane of the whitest ...
... contrast between lunch at a Men's College and dinner at a Women's College at Oxbridge . The lunch is a sensuous and aesthetic delight : soles ' sunk in a deep dish , over which the college cook had spread a counterpane of the whitest ...
Contents
Themes and Forms of Augustan Satire | 32 |
Pope | 99 |
John Gay | 122 |
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