The Dunciad, Variorum 1729 |
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... something that is very mean ; instead : of gravity , fomething that is very boyish : and instead of perspicuity , " and lucid order , we have but too often obfcurity and confufion : " And in another place . " What rare Numbers are here ...
... something that is very mean ; instead : of gravity , fomething that is very boyish : and instead of perspicuity , " and lucid order , we have but too often obfcurity and confufion : " And in another place . " What rare Numbers are here ...
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... something ; Sweet Wa- Nympharum domus.- ters to drink , and Seats to reft on . The other is furely an error of the Copyifts . Reftore it , with- out the leaft fcruple , Populis prandentibus . But for this and a thousand more , expect ...
... something ; Sweet Wa- Nympharum domus.- ters to drink , and Seats to reft on . The other is furely an error of the Copyifts . Reftore it , with- out the leaft fcruple , Populis prandentibus . But for this and a thousand more , expect ...
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Alexander Pope. And lo ! her Bird ( a monster of a fow !! Something betwixt a H *** and Owl ) 245 Perch'd on his crown . All hail ! and hail again , My Son ! the promis'd land expects thy reign . Know , Settle , cloy'd with custard and ...
Alexander Pope. And lo ! her Bird ( a monster of a fow !! Something betwixt a H *** and Owl ) 245 Perch'd on his crown . All hail ! and hail again , My Son ! the promis'd land expects thy reign . Know , Settle , cloy'd with custard and ...
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