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 176
... thro ' half the heav'ns to flow ; / His rapid waters in their passage glow . ' This I cannot but think the right : For first , though the difference between burn and glow may seem not very material to others , to me I confess the latter ...
... thro ' half the heav'ns to flow ; / His rapid waters in their passage glow . ' This I cannot but think the right : For first , though the difference between burn and glow may seem not very material to others , to me I confess the latter ...
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... thro ' all the coast . Then essay'd ; scarce vanish'd out of sight , He buoys up instant , and returns to light : He bears no token of the sabler streams , And mounts far off among the Swans of Thames . 291. ] The person here mentioned ...
... thro ' all the coast . Then essay'd ; scarce vanish'd out of sight , He buoys up instant , and returns to light : He bears no token of the sabler streams , And mounts far off among the Swans of Thames . 291. ] The person here mentioned ...
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... thro ' ev'ry school ? Never by tumbler thro ' the hoops was shown Such skill in passing all , and touching none . He may indeed ( if sober all this time ) Plague with Dispute , or persecute with Rhyme . We only furnish what he cannot ...
... thro ' ev'ry school ? Never by tumbler thro ' the hoops was shown Such skill in passing all , and touching none . He may indeed ( if sober all this time ) Plague with Dispute , or persecute with Rhyme . We only furnish what he cannot ...
Contents
The London area in the 1740s | 20 |
By Authority | 27 |
Testimonies of Authors | 43 |
Copyright | |
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