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- W1571030488 abstract "One of the most contentious, as well as poetically impressive, passages in Pope's work occurs in the description of Timon's villa, which occupies lines 99 to 172 in the Epistle to Burlington . From the start this section has given rise to extensive discussion: at first, as to the identity of Timon, and more recently on the basis of the architectural and gardening satire – where, in fact, is Timon's villa? There is now a considerable literature attempting to establish an ‘original’ for the house and garden which figure in Pope's lines. To the claims of Cannons and Houghton have been added those of Blenheim, advocated by Morris R. Brownell. It might be felt that enough is enough, since the number of appropriate locations must be finite. Before deliberating the claims of one more candidate it is worth looking once again at the lines in question. First the general description: At Timon's Villa let us pass a day, Where all cry out, ‘What sums are thrown away!’ 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 Down: 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 ground. Two Cupids squirt before: a Lake behind Improves the keenness of the Northern wind. […]" @default.
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- W1571030488 title "Timon's Villa and Chatsworth" @default.
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