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 153
... words of the aged hero Eutellus , who has just given an awe - inspiring demonstration of his skill against a much younger rival : ' here I lay down the boxing glove and my art ' ( Aeneid V.484 ) . the name of a real person : Punning on ...
... words of the aged hero Eutellus , who has just given an awe - inspiring demonstration of his skill against a much younger rival : ' here I lay down the boxing glove and my art ' ( Aeneid V.484 ) . the name of a real person : Punning on ...
Page 297
... Words , or war with Words alone , Senates and Courts with Greek and Latin rule , And turn the Council to a Grammar School ! For sure , if Dulness sees a grateful Day , ' Tis in the shade of Arbitrary Sway . 181 , 182. ] And grateful it ...
... Words , or war with Words alone , Senates and Courts with Greek and Latin rule , And turn the Council to a Grammar School ! For sure , if Dulness sees a grateful Day , ' Tis in the shade of Arbitrary Sway . 181 , 182. ] And grateful it ...
Page 396
... words The Mighty Mother , and ending with the words buries all , containing a Read thus confidently , instead of ' beginning with the word Books , and ending with the word flies , ' as formerly it stood ; Read also ' containing the ...
... words The Mighty Mother , and ending with the words buries all , containing a Read thus confidently , instead of ' beginning with the word Books , and ending with the word flies , ' as formerly it stood ; Read also ' containing the ...
Contents
The London area in the 1740s | 20 |
By Authority | 27 |
Testimonies of Authors | 43 |
Copyright | |
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