The Dunciad, Variorum 1729 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 3
Page 18
... of Buckingham's Effay , 8 ° . 1721 , pag . 97 , 98 . under the Title of the Progrefs of Dulnefs , 12 ° . 1728. d . Battle of Poets , fol.pag . 15 . .Mr . Mr. GILDON and DENNIS in the most furious of all 18 TESTIMONIES of AUTHORS .
... of Buckingham's Effay , 8 ° . 1721 , pag . 97 , 98 . under the Title of the Progrefs of Dulnefs , 12 ° . 1728. d . Battle of Poets , fol.pag . 15 . .Mr . Mr. GILDON and DENNIS in the most furious of all 18 TESTIMONIES of AUTHORS .
Page 26
... Dulnefs ma- king a Wit , ( which could be done no other way than by chance . ) The fiction is the more recon- cil'd to probability by the known ftory of Apelles , who being at a lofs to exprefs the foam of Alex- ander's horfe , dafh'd ...
... Dulnefs ma- king a Wit , ( which could be done no other way than by chance . ) The fiction is the more recon- cil'd to probability by the known ftory of Apelles , who being at a lofs to exprefs the foam of Alex- ander's horfe , dafh'd ...
Page 74
Alexander Pope. 295 Happier thy fortunes ! like a rolling stone , Thy giddy dulnefs ftill fhall lumber on , Safe in its heaviness , can never stray , And licks up every blockhead in the way . Thy dragons Magiftrates and Peers shall taste ...
Alexander Pope. 295 Happier thy fortunes ! like a rolling stone , Thy giddy dulnefs ftill fhall lumber on , Safe in its heaviness , can never stray , And licks up every blockhead in the way . Thy dragons Magiftrates and Peers shall taste ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abuſe Advertiſements againſt alfo alſo Bavius becauſe Book Bookfellers cafus call'd cauſe character Charles Gildon Codrus Concanen Criticiſm Criticks Curl Daily Journal Dennis Dryden Dulneſs Dunce Dunciad Effay Eridanus faid fame fatire fecond feem felf fhall fhould fhow fince firft firſt fome fubject fuch furely Gildon Goddeſs greateſt hath heav'n himſelf Homer honour ibid Iliad IMITATIONS James Moore Smyth JOHN DENNIS John Oldmixon juſt King laſt leaſt lefs Letter Lewis Theobald Lord moft moſt Muſe muſt o'er obferve occafion Oldmixon Ovid Paftoral perfon pleaſure Poem Poet Poetry Pope Pope's praiſe Pref Preface prefent printed profe publick publiſhed racter reader reafon REMARKS rifing Satyr SCRIBLERUS ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſome ſtill ſuch thee thefe themſelves Theobald theſe thofe thoſe thou thro Tibbald tranflated uſe verfe VERS VERSE Virg Virgil whofe whoſe words wou'd writ writings