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a ness , the poem aligns itself with Pope's Essay on Man . In examining the detailed effects of climate , temperament , and forms of social and political organization on the happiness of individual nations , it claims kinship with ( and ...
a ness , the poem aligns itself with Pope's Essay on Man . In examining the detailed effects of climate , temperament , and forms of social and political organization on the happiness of individual nations , it claims kinship with ( and ...
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In its first version the poem apparently ended with another exile from rural Britain , a " pilgrim ' who strays ( the verb now suggests hopeless , aimless wandering ) through the North American forests : The famished exile bends beneath ...
In its first version the poem apparently ended with another exile from rural Britain , a " pilgrim ' who strays ( the verb now suggests hopeless , aimless wandering ) through the North American forests : The famished exile bends beneath ...
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The last four lines ( the last lines of the poem ) are Johnson's ; his therefore are the poem's final prophetic note and its air of confidence . Plaintiveness is pushed into the background . ' Can time defy is more optimistic than “ may ...
The last four lines ( the last lines of the poem ) are Johnson's ; his therefore are the poem's final prophetic note and its air of confidence . Plaintiveness is pushed into the background . ' Can time defy is more optimistic than “ may ...
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| Title | Oliver Goldsmith Revisited Issue 487 of Twayne's English authors series |
| Authors | Former Chair of English Peter Dixon, Peter Dixon |
| Contributor | Oliver Goldsmith |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Twayne Publishers, 1991 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0805770089, 9780805770087 |
| Length | 157 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Criticism / General |
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