The Dunciad: In Four BooksThis is a new edition of The Dunciad in Four Books of 1743, the culmination of the series of Dunciads which Alexander Pope produced over the last decade and a half of his life. It comprises not only a poem, but also a mass of authorial annotation and appendices, and this new edition is the only one available which gives all the verse and the prose in a clearly laid-out form, with a full modern commentary. |
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Page 64
... Dennis did before him . The said Mr. DENNIS and Mr. GILDON , in the most furious of all their works ( the forecited Character , p . 5. ) do in concert2 confess , ' That some men of good understanding value him for his rhymes . ' And ( p ...
... Dennis did before him . The said Mr. DENNIS and Mr. GILDON , in the most furious of all their works ( the forecited Character , p . 5. ) do in concert2 confess , ' That some men of good understanding value him for his rhymes . ' And ( p ...
Page 114
... Dennis only , but to all christian people . For the rest ; Mr. John Dennis was the son of a Sadler in London , born in 1657. He paid court to Mr. Dryden : and having obtained some correspondence with Mr. Wycherly and Mr. Congreve , he ...
... Dennis only , but to all christian people . For the rest ; Mr. John Dennis was the son of a Sadler in London , born in 1657. He paid court to Mr. Dryden : and having obtained some correspondence with Mr. Wycherly and Mr. Congreve , he ...
Page 407
... Dennis for his Poverty , i . 106 . Mr. Dennis of Mr. Theobald for his Livelihood by the Stage , and the Law , i . 286. Mr. Dennis of Sr. Richard Blackmore for Impiety , ii . 268. D. Smedley of Mr. Concanen , ii . 299 . Mr. Oldmixon's of ...
... Dennis for his Poverty , i . 106 . Mr. Dennis of Mr. Theobald for his Livelihood by the Stage , and the Law , i . 286. Mr. Dennis of Sr. Richard Blackmore for Impiety , ii . 268. D. Smedley of Mr. Concanen , ii . 299 . Mr. Oldmixon's of ...
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The London area in the 1740s | 20 |
By Authority | 27 |
Testimonies of Authors | 43 |
Copyright | |
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