The Dunciad, Variorum 1729 |
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... poetic , chap . 4. doth further fet forth , that as the Iliad and Odyssey gave example to Tragedy , fo did this poem to Comedy its firft Idea . From these authors also it fhou'd seem , that the Hero or chief per- fonage of it was no ...
... poetic , chap . 4. doth further fet forth , that as the Iliad and Odyssey gave example to Tragedy , fo did this poem to Comedy its firft Idea . From these authors also it fhou'd seem , that the Hero or chief per- fonage of it was no ...
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... poem the whole history of the Trojan war , in like manner our author hath drawn into this fingle action the whole history of Dulness and her children . To this end she ... Poems , and published low Criticisms : 24 M. SCRIBLERUS of the POEM .
... poem the whole history of the Trojan war , in like manner our author hath drawn into this fingle action the whole history of Dulness and her children . To this end she ... Poems , and published low Criticisms : 24 M. SCRIBLERUS of the POEM .
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... Poem , by the inevi- table removal of fome Authors , and infertion of others , in their Niches . For whoever will confider the Unity of the whole defign , will be fenfible , that the Poem was not made for thefe Authors , but thefe ...
... Poem , by the inevi- table removal of fome Authors , and infertion of others , in their Niches . For whoever will confider the Unity of the whole defign , will be fenfible , that the Poem was not made for thefe Authors , but thefe ...
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