Politeness and Poetry in the Age of PopeInterest in politeness in the eighteenth century is shown to reflect anxiety about social change and indicate a search for guidelines in a newly commercialized society. Evident is the dilemma of poets such as Parnell, Prior, Swift, Gay, and Pope. |
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... thing , but few esteem the Person , and if a Man is thought to have so much Wit , that his good Nature begins to be called in Question , in my Opinion he has made but a sad bargain by the Exchange . ( 1 , 584-86 ) The note of ...
... thing , but few esteem the Person , and if a Man is thought to have so much Wit , that his good Nature begins to be called in Question , in my Opinion he has made but a sad bargain by the Exchange . ( 1 , 584-86 ) The note of ...
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... thing , you cry , that Paris boasts ? Is this the thing renown'd among our Toasts ? For such a flutt'ring sight we need not roam ; Our own Assemblys shine with these at home . ( 57-64 , vol . 1 , p . 209 ) One brilliant and well - known ...
... thing , you cry , that Paris boasts ? Is this the thing renown'd among our Toasts ? For such a flutt'ring sight we need not roam ; Our own Assemblys shine with these at home . ( 57-64 , vol . 1 , p . 209 ) One brilliant and well - known ...
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... thing to attack contemporary aristocrats and courtiers , as Ben Jonson had done , by their own ideal norms . But Jonson draws his authority partly from that upper class , legitimized themselves precisely because they recognize the same ...
... thing to attack contemporary aristocrats and courtiers , as Ben Jonson had done , by their own ideal norms . But Jonson draws his authority partly from that upper class , legitimized themselves precisely because they recognize the same ...
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