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... king is a pervasive structural irony . One recent critic has argued that the entire poem is ironic , not merely at one but at two removes from the literal . The accepted interpretation is that Horace's original is an entirely deserved ...
... king is a pervasive structural irony . One recent critic has argued that the entire poem is ironic , not merely at one but at two removes from the literal . The accepted interpretation is that Horace's original is an entirely deserved ...
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... kings . 24 This advice is not unlike that given by his illustrious namesake , Henry IV , to his son , and the criticism Henry IV makes of the " skipping King , " Richard II , is in similar terms : The skipping King , he ambled up and ...
... kings . 24 This advice is not unlike that given by his illustrious namesake , Henry IV , to his son , and the criticism Henry IV makes of the " skipping King , " Richard II , is in similar terms : The skipping King , he ambled up and ...
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... King can change human nature ” —his thesis really belongs to the canon of moral literature . In his introduction ... King stresses the magical powers the Patriot King possesses to effect a miraculous moral metamorphosis : As soon as ...
... King can change human nature ” —his thesis really belongs to the canon of moral literature . In his introduction ... King stresses the magical powers the Patriot King possesses to effect a miraculous moral metamorphosis : As soon as ...
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