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... worldly possessions and what one ought to do with them . Pope contends , here as elsewhere , that real ownership is impossible on earth , and that temporary use of objects is all that man can attain.2 Implicitly , this argument draws ...
... worldly possessions and what one ought to do with them . Pope contends , here as elsewhere , that real ownership is impossible on earth , and that temporary use of objects is all that man can attain.2 Implicitly , this argument draws ...
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... worldly activity , a delusion from which he must be awak- ened into ultimate reality . As the lord ( who has been ubiquitously present in the poem as a symbol of worldly- mindedness ) 13 cursed his doctors , Pope also curses his ...
... worldly activity , a delusion from which he must be awak- ened into ultimate reality . As the lord ( who has been ubiquitously present in the poem as a symbol of worldly- mindedness ) 13 cursed his doctors , Pope also curses his ...
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... worldly ends , and locate virtue at the mean point between dread and desire . This section also prepares for the themes of the main body of the sermon by associating the sinful extremes with the court and its low - church Whiggish ...
... worldly ends , and locate virtue at the mean point between dread and desire . This section also prepares for the themes of the main body of the sermon by associating the sinful extremes with the court and its low - church Whiggish ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF SATIRE | 37 |
APOLOGIA PRO VITA | 73 |
Copyright | |
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