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... irony . Pope can in one couplet pay homage to Newton , marveling at the powers of his mind but in an ironic sense , for the mind that can presumptuously bind the stars can bind itself least of all . This next couplet creates a more ...
... irony . Pope can in one couplet pay homage to Newton , marveling at the powers of his mind but in an ironic sense , for the mind that can presumptuously bind the stars can bind itself least of all . This next couplet creates a more ...
Page 187
... ironic reversal , Pope attacks not the Friend , not the aristocracy , but those who , lacking the appear- ance of titles and wealth , presume to sin like their bet- ters . Warming to his irony , Pope grows more intense , moves to his ...
... ironic reversal , Pope attacks not the Friend , not the aristocracy , but those who , lacking the appear- ance of titles and wealth , presume to sin like their bet- ters . Warming to his irony , Pope grows more intense , moves to his ...
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... ironic mode in each dialogue , until it becomes necessary to bury his amoral- ity , his viciousness or his obtuseness with an intense and eloquent barrage of scornful irony . Toward the end of Dialogue II when Pope tells the Friend that ...
... ironic mode in each dialogue , until it becomes necessary to bury his amoral- ity , his viciousness or his obtuseness with an intense and eloquent barrage of scornful irony . Toward the end of Dialogue II when Pope tells the Friend that ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Pastorals 1709 | 17 |
An Essay on Criticism 1711 | 45 |
Copyright | |
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