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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... race. In clouded majesty here Dulness shone, Four guardian Virtues, round, support her throne: Fierce champion Fortitude, that knows no fears Of hisses, blows, or want, or loss of ears: Calm Temperance, whose blessings those partake ...
... race. In clouded majesty here Dulness shone, Four guardian Virtues, round, support her throne: Fierce champion Fortitude, that knows no fears Of hisses, blows, or want, or loss of ears: Calm Temperance, whose blessings those partake ...
Page 10
... O bidd'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.
... O bidd'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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... race Ascend, and recognize their Native Place. This the Great Mother dearer held than all The clubs of Quidnuncs, or her own Guildhall: Here stood her opium, here she nursed her owls, And here she plann'd th' imperial seat of Fools ...
... race Ascend, and recognize their Native Place. This the Great Mother dearer held than all The clubs of Quidnuncs, or her own Guildhall: Here stood her opium, here she nursed her owls, And here she plann'd th' imperial seat of Fools ...
Page 15
... Races described, with their divers accidents. Next, the game for a Poetess. Then follow the exercises for the Poets, of tickling, vociferating, diving; the first holds forth the arts and practices of Dedicators, the second of Disputants ...
... Races described, with their divers accidents. Next, the game for a Poetess. Then follow the exercises for the Poets, of tickling, vociferating, diving; the first holds forth the arts and practices of Dedicators, the second of Disputants ...
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... race: an endless band Pours forth, and leaves unpeopled half the land; A motley mixture! in long wigs, in bags, In silks, in crapes, in Garters, and in Rags, From drawing rooms, from colleges, from garrets, On horse, on foot, in hacks ...
... race: an endless band Pours forth, and leaves unpeopled half the land; A motley mixture! in long wigs, in bags, In silks, in crapes, in Garters, and in Rags, From drawing rooms, from colleges, from garrets, On horse, on foot, in hacks ...
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