The Dunciad, Volume 5Methuen, 1943 - 476 pages |
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... Lord Mayor's day , 1719. Why 1719 ? " A possible hypothesis - and nothing more is that the poem originated in the choice of a city poet ( who ' functioned ' on Lord Mayor's Day ) in burlesque of the recent choice of a laureate ...
... Lord Mayor's day , 1719. Why 1719 ? " A possible hypothesis - and nothing more is that the poem originated in the choice of a city poet ( who ' functioned ' on Lord Mayor's Day ) in burlesque of the recent choice of a laureate ...
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... Lord Mayor of London , in the Year 1720. The Procession of a Lord Mayor is made partly by land , and partly by water . < Thorold , Lord Mayor in 1719 , died on Oct. 29 , 1722.—St. James's Journal , Nov. 1 , 1722. Cf. Introduction , p ...
... Lord Mayor of London , in the Year 1720. The Procession of a Lord Mayor is made partly by land , and partly by water . < Thorold , Lord Mayor in 1719 , died on Oct. 29 , 1722.—St. James's Journal , Nov. 1 , 1722. Cf. Introduction , p ...
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... Lord Chamberlain , might have screen'd him from this un- mannerly reflection . ( Eusden's appointment ( Dec. 24 , 1718 ) was due to the Duke of Newcastle , then Lord Chamberlain , whom he had courted with a very flattering poem on the ...
... Lord Chamberlain , might have screen'd him from this un- mannerly reflection . ( Eusden's appointment ( Dec. 24 , 1718 ) was due to the Duke of Newcastle , then Lord Chamberlain , whom he had courted with a very flattering poem on the ...
Contents
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE | xlix |
The Dunciad Variorum with the Prolegomena of Scriblerus I | 1 |
The Dunciad in Four Books | 247 |
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