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... statements in the Old and New Testaments . Horace , the chorus of annotators tells us , has written seri- ously and importantly , imparting rules for the wise govern- ance of human life . Torrentius puts it briefly : At studiose ...
... statements in the Old and New Testaments . Horace , the chorus of annotators tells us , has written seri- ously and importantly , imparting rules for the wise govern- ance of human life . Torrentius puts it briefly : At studiose ...
Page 95
... statement indicates . His dipping in ink constitutes a metaphoric baptism into literature and provides the ethical incipit for his whole career . Pope elaborates and clarifies his meaning by allud- ing , in the same lines , to a famous ...
... statement indicates . His dipping in ink constitutes a metaphoric baptism into literature and provides the ethical incipit for his whole career . Pope elaborates and clarifies his meaning by allud- ing , in the same lines , to a famous ...
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... statement of stubborn independence and total integrity ( 261–66 ) . He even ironically grants Bufo and his kind some- thing of what they claim : if they wish to play God , he will be the righteous Job who suffers their whims patiently ...
... statement of stubborn independence and total integrity ( 261–66 ) . He even ironically grants Bufo and his kind some- thing of what they claim : if they wish to play God , he will be the righteous Job who suffers their whims patiently ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF SATIRE | 37 |
APOLOGIA PRO VITA | 73 |
Copyright | |
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