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... portrait , some of its lines seem to apply to either Bubb Dodington or the Earl of Halifax . The result is that , as satire , it becomes seemingly more credible and tren- chant . Indeed , while giving to his portraits a mythopoeic dimen ...
... portrait , some of its lines seem to apply to either Bubb Dodington or the Earl of Halifax . The result is that , as satire , it becomes seemingly more credible and tren- chant . Indeed , while giving to his portraits a mythopoeic dimen ...
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... portrait of the worthless patron Bufo furthers both the theme of a pride that perverts the whole republic of letters , and the developing contrast between the character of the poet - speaker and those he satirizes . Bufo is Latin for ...
... portrait of the worthless patron Bufo furthers both the theme of a pride that perverts the whole republic of letters , and the developing contrast between the character of the poet - speaker and those he satirizes . Bufo is Latin for ...
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John P. Hardy. that this portrait ' was by Hitch a Bookseller justly remarked to be no picture of modern manners , though it might be true at Rome ' . 21 As I shall try to show , the Orgilio portrait is an altogether subtle adaptation ...
John P. Hardy. that this portrait ' was by Hitch a Bookseller justly remarked to be no picture of modern manners , though it might be true at Rome ' . 21 As I shall try to show , the Orgilio portrait is an altogether subtle adaptation ...
Contents
Lycidas | 28 |
The Rape of the Lock | 50 |
An Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot | 81 |
Copyright | |
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