The Dunciad Variorum, 1729 |
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... very unfairly with our Poet, not only frequently blaming Mr. Broome\ verses as
his, (for which he might indeed seem in some degree accountable, having
corrected whjt that gentleman did) but those of the Duke of Buckingham, and
others.
... very unfairly with our Poet, not only frequently blaming Mr. Broome\ verses as
his, (for which he might indeed seem in some degree accountable, having
corrected whjt that gentleman did) but those of the Duke of Buckingham, and
others.
Page 76
Vim 326. Gay t/its un-penpon'd, &c] See Mr. Gay't Fable. REMARKS. come his
own brows, or any other's : It were decent to acquiesce m the opinion of the Duke
os Buckingham upon this matter. — In Tufli*l Eusden, and try" J, Who Shall have
it.
Vim 326. Gay t/its un-penpon'd, &c] See Mr. Gay't Fable. REMARKS. come his
own brows, or any other's : It were decent to acquiesce m the opinion of the Duke
os Buckingham upon this matter. — In Tufli*l Eusden, and try" J, Who Shall have
it.
Page 97
... fayd therein, well, I am glad, and yf otherwyse I submytte my sayd boke to theyr
correctyon, Whiche boke I presence vnto the hye born my tocomynge naturall &
souerayn lord Arthur by the grace of God Prynce of Walys Duke of Cornewayll.
... fayd therein, well, I am glad, and yf otherwyse I submytte my sayd boke to theyr
correctyon, Whiche boke I presence vnto the hye born my tocomynge naturall &
souerayn lord Arthur by the grace of God Prynce of Walys Duke of Cornewayll.
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