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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... praise the Court, or magnify Mankind, Orthy griev'd country's copper chains unbind; From thy BÅ“otia tho' her power retires, Mourn not, my Swift! at aught our realm requires. Here pleas'd behold her mighty wings out-spread To hatch a new ...
... praise the Court, or magnify Mankind, Orthy griev'd country's copper chains unbind; From thy BÅ“otia tho' her power retires, Mourn not, my Swift! at aught our realm requires. Here pleas'd behold her mighty wings out-spread To hatch a new ...
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... praise. Here she beholds the Chaos dark and deep, Where nameless somethings in their causes sleep, Till genial Jacob, or a warm third day, Call forth each mass, a Poem or a Play: How hints, like spawn, scarce quick in embryo lie, How ...
... praise. Here she beholds the Chaos dark and deep, Where nameless somethings in their causes sleep, Till genial Jacob, or a warm third day, Call forth each mass, a Poem or a Play: How hints, like spawn, scarce quick in embryo lie, How ...
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... praise, And sure succession down from Heywood's days. She saw with joy the line immortal run, Each sire imprest and glaring in his son. So watchful Bruin forms, with plastic care, Each growing lump, and brings it to a bear. She saw old ...
... praise, And sure succession down from Heywood's days. She saw with joy the line immortal run, Each sire imprest and glaring in his son. So watchful Bruin forms, with plastic care, Each growing lump, and brings it to a bear. She saw old ...
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... praise, To the last honours of the Butt and Bays: O thou! of bus'ness the directing soul To this our 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 ...
... praise, To the last honours of the Butt and Bays: O thou! of bus'ness the directing soul To this our 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 ...
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... praise; He sleeps among the dull of ancient days; Safe where no critics damn, no duns molest, Where wretched Withers, Ward, and Gildon rest, And high-born Howard, more majestic sire, With fool of quality completes the quire. Thou ...
... praise; He sleeps among the dull of ancient days; Safe where no critics damn, no duns molest, Where wretched Withers, Ward, and Gildon rest, And high-born Howard, more majestic sire, With fool of quality completes the quire. Thou ...
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