The Dunciad, Variorum 1729 |
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... genius and taste , the Approbation this Effay meets " with ! - ¿ I can fafely affirm , that I never attack'd any of thefe writings , unless they had Success , infinitely beyond their merit . f . ---- This , tho ' an empty , has been a ...
... genius and taste , the Approbation this Effay meets " with ! - ¿ I can fafely affirm , that I never attack'd any of thefe writings , unless they had Success , infinitely beyond their merit . f . ---- This , tho ' an empty , has been a ...
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... Genius : An honeft mind " will love and citeem a man of worth , tho ' he " be deform'd or poor . Yet the author of the " Dunciad hath libell'd a perfon for his rufu ! Length of face ! " MIST'S JOURN . June 8 . This Genius and man of ...
... Genius : An honeft mind " will love and citeem a man of worth , tho ' he " be deform'd or poor . Yet the author of the " Dunciad hath libell'd a perfon for his rufu ! Length of face ! " MIST'S JOURN . June 8 . This Genius and man of ...
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... Genius or good Senfe , or any tolerable knowledge of English . The qualities which distin- guish Homer are the beauties of his Diction and the barmony of bis Verfi- fication But this little Author who is fo much in vogue , has neither ...
... Genius or good Senfe , or any tolerable knowledge of English . The qualities which distin- guish Homer are the beauties of his Diction and the barmony of bis Verfi- fication But this little Author who is fo much in vogue , has neither ...
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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