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Page 29
... follow Folly's advice is to follow nature . But if the groundwork for Erasmus's Christian - Epicurean position is laid down by Folly throughout the first part of her oration , she never permits us to read everything in this way ...
... follow Folly's advice is to follow nature . But if the groundwork for Erasmus's Christian - Epicurean position is laid down by Folly throughout the first part of her oration , she never permits us to read everything in this way ...
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... follow this deliberative procedure . After a central question is asked somewhere early in the poem , the remainder of the sermo is devoted to answering it . Examples are abundant . In 2 : 7 Davus asks " quid , si me stultior ipso ...
... follow this deliberative procedure . After a central question is asked somewhere early in the poem , the remainder of the sermo is devoted to answering it . Examples are abundant . In 2 : 7 Davus asks " quid , si me stultior ipso ...
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... follow one another with rapidity . But even more difficulty is to come . Flecknoe's Portuguese re- cital is only a prelude to Shadwell's English success : My warbling Lute , the Lute I whilom strung When to King John of Portugal I sung ...
... follow one another with rapidity . But even more difficulty is to come . Flecknoe's Portuguese re- cital is only a prelude to Shadwell's English success : My warbling Lute , the Lute I whilom strung When to King John of Portugal I sung ...
Contents
The Simple Structures of Satire | 19 |
The Complex Structures of Satire | 69 |
Swift | 125 |
Copyright | |
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