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... Poet- aster on Marston's flatulent diction . Goldsmith's dislikes are Jonson's : pomposity , obscurity of utterance , affectation of language . He offered his Beauties of English Poesy to the public as a “ useful , unaffected ...
... Poet- aster on Marston's flatulent diction . Goldsmith's dislikes are Jonson's : pomposity , obscurity of utterance , affectation of language . He offered his Beauties of English Poesy to the public as a “ useful , unaffected ...
Page 106
... poet's own anguished search for happiness . As in " The Deserted Village , " a thesis is given urgency by a framing and archetypal motif : there the homecoming , here the quest . Goldsmith , in dedicating " The Traveller " to his ...
... poet's own anguished search for happiness . As in " The Deserted Village , " a thesis is given urgency by a framing and archetypal motif : there the homecoming , here the quest . Goldsmith , in dedicating " The Traveller " to his ...
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... poet are drawn in to , or back to , the village . The va- grant beggar , the cashiered soldier , the ruined spendthrift ( the prodigal son returned ) are all welcome in the clergyman's house . The poet's memory is activated by the ...
... poet are drawn in to , or back to , the village . The va- grant beggar , the cashiered soldier , the ruined spendthrift ( the prodigal son returned ) are all welcome in the clergyman's house . The poet's memory is activated by the ...
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