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
... Character : A True Character of Mr. Pope 1716. Selective quotation masks the insulting context of these remarks ( Hooker 1939-43 : II , 103 , 108 ) . -- *** in concert : Although Dennis probably did not work alongside Charles Gildon on ...
... Character : A True Character of Mr. Pope 1716. Selective quotation masks the insulting context of these remarks ( Hooker 1939-43 : II , 103 , 108 ) . -- *** in concert : Although Dennis probably did not work alongside Charles Gildon on ...
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... Character , which it were a great mistake to imagine was wholly sunk in stupidity ; he is allowed to have supported it with a wonderful mixture of Vivacity . This character is heightened according to his own he immediately obliged the ...
... Character , which it were a great mistake to imagine was wholly sunk in stupidity ; he is allowed to have supported it with a wonderful mixture of Vivacity . This character is heightened according to his own he immediately obliged the ...
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... character : the most striking aspect of his character . a Perverter of History : This section of the note is a compressed and partisan review of a series of charges and counter - charges generated by Oldmixon's histories , notably the ...
... character : the most striking aspect of his character . a Perverter of History : This section of the note is a compressed and partisan review of a series of charges and counter - charges generated by Oldmixon's histories , notably the ...
Contents
The London area in the 1740s | 20 |
By Authority | 27 |
Testimonies of Authors | 43 |
Copyright | |
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