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... poet is hunted down by legions of hacks - they invade his home , his dinner - hour , his garden ; and this assault be- comes blasphemy with their solicitations in church and on Sundays ( 11-12 ) . But it is not simply the poet's ...
... poet is hunted down by legions of hacks - they invade his home , his dinner - hour , his garden ; and this assault be- comes blasphemy with their solicitations in church and on Sundays ( 11-12 ) . But it is not simply the poet's ...
Page 93
... poet : ' I left no Calling for this idle trade , / No Duty broke , no Father dis - obey'd ' ( 129-30 ; contrast 17 ) . If Pope were saying here that his status as a poet is more virtuous than that of others merely because to become a poet ...
... poet : ' I left no Calling for this idle trade , / No Duty broke , no Father dis - obey'd ' ( 129-30 ; contrast 17 ) . If Pope were saying here that his status as a poet is more virtuous than that of others merely because to become a poet ...
Page 94
... poet , in his unmoti- vated state , has not ascended the platform of moral teaching . In this condition of excellence , no responsibility whatever could be attached to him for the outbursts against him by others - Pope is generous ...
... poet , in his unmoti- vated state , has not ascended the platform of moral teaching . In this condition of excellence , no responsibility whatever could be attached to him for the outbursts against him by others - Pope is generous ...
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