The Dunciad, Volume 5Methuen, 1943 - 476 pages |
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... probably too indolent to contribute much , and Bolingbroke , like Swift , knew too little about the dunces to write notes about them . There remain two others to be con- sidered : William Cleland and Richard Savage . Cleland was not ...
... probably too indolent to contribute much , and Bolingbroke , like Swift , knew too little about the dunces to write notes about them . There remain two others to be con- sidered : William Cleland and Richard Savage . Cleland was not ...
Page 79
... probably complained to Pope directly , or through the Earl of Oxford . See " Upon a piece of News in MIST ” in vol . vi . — W - s is Isaac Watts ( 1674-1748 ) , one of the most popular poets of his day . It was probably his popularity ...
... probably complained to Pope directly , or through the Earl of Oxford . See " Upon a piece of News in MIST ” in vol . vi . — W - s is Isaac Watts ( 1674-1748 ) , one of the most popular poets of his day . It was probably his popularity ...
Page 462
... probably be more easily managed than a well - estab- lished bookseller , but he was probably easier to frighten . On what date Gilliver was first approached it is impossible now to say - perhaps late in 1728 , but more probably early in ...
... probably be more easily managed than a well - estab- lished bookseller , but he was probably easier to frighten . On what date Gilliver was first approached it is impossible now to say - perhaps late in 1728 , but more probably early in ...
Contents
PREFACE | xvi |
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE | xlix |
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED | 1 |
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