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Page 34
... Professor George Sherburn gives a useful definition of " wit " by distinguishing it from " nature " : " Nature as the universe , ' the scale of Being , ' is the material source of all art ; while Wit , though very commonly meaning ...
... Professor George Sherburn gives a useful definition of " wit " by distinguishing it from " nature " : " Nature as the universe , ' the scale of Being , ' is the material source of all art ; while Wit , though very commonly meaning ...
Page 74
... Professor Rogers , a most able stu- dent of Pope , concludes that " much of his later poetry reflects his desire to correct the portrait of his moral character to which the dunces had given currency . . . . thus Pope was stimulated to ...
... Professor Rogers , a most able stu- dent of Pope , concludes that " much of his later poetry reflects his desire to correct the portrait of his moral character to which the dunces had given currency . . . . thus Pope was stimulated to ...
Page 164
... Professor Wasserman's editing and critical reading of the epistle make one of the most detailed , scholarly pieces of work on Pope ever published . It and Maynard Mack's edition of " An Essay on Man " will surely remain for years to ...
... Professor Wasserman's editing and critical reading of the epistle make one of the most detailed , scholarly pieces of work on Pope ever published . It and Maynard Mack's edition of " An Essay on Man " will surely remain for years to ...
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