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 111
... Oldmixon , in his Arts of Logic and Rhetoric , p . 413 , 414. affirms , ' That of all the Galimatia's he ever met with , none comes up to some verses of this poet , which have as much of the Ridiculum and the Fustian in them as can well ...
... Oldmixon , in his Arts of Logic and Rhetoric , p . 413 , 414. affirms , ' That of all the Galimatia's he ever met with , none comes up to some verses of this poet , which have as much of the Ridiculum and the Fustian in them as can well ...
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... Oldmixon stands , 282. ] Our indulgent Poet , whenever he has spoken of any dirty or low work , constantly puts us in mind of the Poverty of the offenders , as the only extenuation of such practices . Let any one but remark , when a ...
... Oldmixon stands , 282. ] Our indulgent Poet , whenever he has spoken of any dirty or low work , constantly puts us in mind of the Poverty of the offenders , as the only extenuation of such practices . Let any one but remark , when a ...
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... Oldmixon 1703 ; Amores Britannici 1703 . Judge Mr. Jacob : A derisive reference to Jacob 1719-20 : II . that great ... Oldmixon's histories , notably the anonymous Critical History ( 1724-6 ) and History ... of the Royal House of Stuart ...
... Oldmixon 1703 ; Amores Britannici 1703 . Judge Mr. Jacob : A derisive reference to Jacob 1719-20 : II . that great ... Oldmixon's histories , notably the anonymous Critical History ( 1724-6 ) and History ... of the Royal House of Stuart ...
Contents
The London area in the 1740s | 20 |
By Authority | 27 |
Testimonies of Authors | 43 |
Copyright | |
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