The Dunciad, Volume 5Methuen, 1943 - 476 pages |
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Page xxxii
... ev'ry Line by ev'ry Reader . " 1 In his opinion the plan , the grammar , the sense , the stories , the allusions , and the characters were all obscure . This is going much too far ; but the fourth book does sometimes lean too heavily on ...
... ev'ry Line by ev'ry Reader . " 1 In his opinion the plan , the grammar , the sense , the stories , the allusions , and the characters were all obscure . This is going much too far ; but the fourth book does sometimes lean too heavily on ...
Page 36
... ev'ry thought refine , " And ev❜n thy life , be faultless as thy line . " Yet envy still with fiercer rage pursues , " Obscures the virtue , and defames the Muse . " A soul like thine , in pain , in grief , resign'd , " Views with just ...
... ev'ry thought refine , " And ev❜n thy life , be faultless as thy line . " Yet envy still with fiercer rage pursues , " Obscures the virtue , and defames the Muse . " A soul like thine , in pain , in grief , resign'd , " Views with just ...
Page 374
... ev'ry Vice on Christian ground ; Saw ev'ry Court , heard ev'ry King declare His royal Sense , of Op'ra's or the Fair ; The Stews and Palace equally explor'd , Intrigu'd with glory , and with spirit whor'd ; Try'd all hors - d'œuvres ...
... ev'ry Vice on Christian ground ; Saw ev'ry Court , heard ev'ry King declare His royal Sense , of Op'ra's or the Fair ; The Stews and Palace equally explor'd , Intrigu'd with glory , and with spirit whor'd ; Try'd all hors - d'œuvres ...
Contents
PREFACE | xvi |
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE | xlix |
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED | 1 |
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