 | Nicole Pohl - 2006 - 220 страници
...before your thought. (91-6) Pope breaks the metonymic correlation between the owner and his building: To compass this, his Building is a Town, His Pond...when he sees? A puny Insect, shivering at a breeze. (97-100) Pope continues in his poem to describe Timon's false taste which is not only exemplified in... | |
 | Mark Blackwell - 2007 - 378 страници
...things will make him great, stands surrounded by his swollen estate and is dwarfed by his possessions: Who but must laugh, the Master when he sees A puny insect, shiv'ring at a breeze ! Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around The whole, a labour'd Quarry above... | |
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So proud, so grand ; of that stupendous air, Soft and agreeable come never there. Greatness, with Timon, dwells in such a draught As brings all Brobdignag before your thought. To compass this, his building is a town, His pond an ocean, his parterre a... 
