The dunciadMethuen, 1943 |
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... ESSAY ON CRITICISM , of which hear first the most ancient of Critics , Mr. JOHN DENNIS . " His precepts are false or trivial , or both ; his thoughts are 15 " crude and abortive , his expressions absurd , his numbers harsh " and ...
... ESSAY ON CRITICISM , of which hear first the most ancient of Critics , Mr. JOHN DENNIS . " His precepts are false or trivial , or both ; his thoughts are 15 " crude and abortive , his expressions absurd , his numbers harsh " and ...
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... essay on dramatic poetry , not to mention the French critics , " I should be very glad to have the benefit of the discovery " . He is followed ( as in fame , so in judgment ) by the modest and 5 simple - minded Mr. LEONARD WELSTED ; Who ...
... essay on dramatic poetry , not to mention the French critics , " I should be very glad to have the benefit of the discovery " . He is followed ( as in fame , so in judgment ) by the modest and 5 simple - minded Mr. LEONARD WELSTED ; Who ...
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... critic , Mr. Dennis , sorely lamenting it , even from the Essay on Criticism to this day of the 5 Dunciad ! " A most notorious instance ( quoth he ) of the de- " pravity of genius and taste , the approbation this Essay meets " with ...
... critic , Mr. Dennis , sorely lamenting it , even from the Essay on Criticism to this day of the 5 Dunciad ! " A most notorious instance ( quoth he ) of the de- " pravity of genius and taste , the approbation this Essay meets " with ...
Contents
man to undertake such a work But tis too late to dissuade by 5 | x |
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE | xlix |
The Dunciad Variorum with the Prolegomena of Scriblerus 1278 | 1 |
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