The DunciadFans of literary lampoonery will delight in the no-holds-barred, scorched-earth satire that British poet Alexander Pope unleashes in his witty masterpiece, The Dunciad. Disgusted by the teeming waves of self-proclaimed "writers" who emerged in search of a quick buck when the growing availability of cheaply printed books made sentimental stories popular with the public, Pope took it upon himself to put these hacks in their place in an epic poem lambasting their dullness and lack of refinement. |
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... head, Dulness o'er all possess'd her ancient right, Daughter of Chaos and eternal Night: Fate in their dotage this fair idiot gave, Gross as her sire, and as her mother grave; Laborious, heavy, busy, bold, and blind, She ruled, in ...
... head, Dulness o'er all possess'd her ancient right, Daughter of Chaos and eternal Night: Fate in their dotage this fair idiot gave, Gross as her sire, and as her mother grave; Laborious, heavy, busy, bold, and blind, She ruled, in ...
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... head; All that on folly frenzy cold beget, Fruits of dull heat, and Sooterkins of wit. Next o'er his books his eyes began to roll, In pleasing memory of all he stole; How here he sipp'd, how there he plunder'd snug, And suck'd all o'er ...
... head; All that on folly frenzy cold beget, Fruits of dull heat, and Sooterkins of wit. Next o'er his books his eyes began to roll, In pleasing memory of all he stole; How here he sipp'd, how there he plunder'd snug, And suck'd all o'er ...
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... head, like bias to the bowl, Which, as more pond'rous, made its aim more true, Obliquely waddling to the mark in view: Oh! ever gracious to perplex'd mankind, Still spread a healing mist before the mind; And, lest we err by Wit's wild ...
... head, like bias to the bowl, Which, as more pond'rous, made its aim more true, Obliquely waddling to the mark in view: Oh! ever gracious to perplex'd mankind, Still spread a healing mist before the mind; And, lest we err by Wit's wild ...
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... 'st thou rather Party to embrace? (A friend to party thou, and all her race; 'T is the same rope at diff'rent ends they twist; To Dulness Ridpath is as dear as Mist;) Shall I, like Curtius, desp'rate in my zeal, O'er head 10.
... 'st thou rather Party to embrace? (A friend to party thou, and all her race; 'T is the same rope at diff'rent ends they twist; To Dulness Ridpath is as dear as Mist;) Shall I, like Curtius, desp'rate in my zeal, O'er head 10.
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... head and ears plunge for the Commonweal? Or rob Rome's ancient geese of all their glories, And cackling save the monarchy of Tories? Hold—to the Minister I more incline; To serve his cause, O Queen! is serving thine. And see! thy very ...
... head and ears plunge for the Commonweal? Or rob Rome's ancient geese of all their glories, And cackling save the monarchy of Tories? Hold—to the Minister I more incline; To serve his cause, O Queen! is serving thine. And see! thy very ...
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