The Dunciad, Volume 5Methuen, 1943 - 476 pages |
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Page 55
... on the banks of Lethe the souls of the dull are dip'd by Bavius , before their entrance into this world . There he is met by the ghost of Settle , and by him made acquainted with the wonders ARGUMENTS TO THE BOOKS 55.
... on the banks of Lethe the souls of the dull are dip'd by Bavius , before their entrance into this world . There he is met by the ghost of Settle , and by him made acquainted with the wonders ARGUMENTS TO THE BOOKS 55.
Page 151
... Bavius sits , to dip poetic souls , And blunt the sense , and fit it for a scull Of solid proof , impenetrably dull . 15. There in a dusky vale , & c . ] Virg . Æn . 6 < 703 ff . ) . -Videt Æneas in valle reducta Seclusum nemus ...
... Bavius sits , to dip poetic souls , And blunt the sense , and fit it for a scull Of solid proof , impenetrably dull . 15. There in a dusky vale , & c . ] Virg . Æn . 6 < 703 ff . ) . -Videt Æneas in valle reducta Seclusum nemus ...
Page 321
... Bavius sits , to dip poetic souls , 20 And blunt the sense , and fit it for a skull 25 Of solid proof , impenetrably ... Bavius sits ( A iii 16 ) . 24. Old Bavius sits ] Bavius . . the gentlemen of the Dunciad ( A iii 16 ) . ... 28 ...
... Bavius sits , to dip poetic souls , 20 And blunt the sense , and fit it for a skull 25 Of solid proof , impenetrably ... Bavius sits ( A iii 16 ) . 24. Old Bavius sits ] Bavius . . the gentlemen of the Dunciad ( A iii 16 ) . ... 28 ...
Contents
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE | xlix |
The Dunciad Variorum with the Prolegomena of Scriblerus I | 1 |
The Dunciad in Four Books | 247 |
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