The Dunciad, Volume 5Methuen, 1943 - 476 pages |
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Page 385
... Nature in some partial narrow shape , And let the Author of the Whole escape : Learn but to trifle ; or , who most observe , To wonder at their Maker , not to serve . " " Be that my task ( replies a gloomy Clerk , Sworn foe to Myst'ry ...
... Nature in some partial narrow shape , And let the Author of the Whole escape : Learn but to trifle ; or , who most observe , To wonder at their Maker , not to serve . " " Be that my task ( replies a gloomy Clerk , Sworn foe to Myst'ry ...
Page 386
... Nature's Cause thro ' Nature led . All - seeing in thy mists , we want no guide , Mother of Arrogance , and Source of Pride ! We nobly take the high Priori Road , 465 470 462. When Moral Evidence shall quite decay ] Alluding to a ...
... Nature's Cause thro ' Nature led . All - seeing in thy mists , we want no guide , Mother of Arrogance , and Source of Pride ! We nobly take the high Priori Road , 465 470 462. When Moral Evidence shall quite decay ] Alluding to a ...
Page 387
... Nature still incroach upon his plan ; And shove him off as far as e'er we can : Thrust some Mechanic Cause into his place ; 475 Clarke because he was a favourite of Queen Caroline , impotently attacked . " - Warton . Wakefield , who ...
... Nature still incroach upon his plan ; And shove him off as far as e'er we can : Thrust some Mechanic Cause into his place ; 475 Clarke because he was a favourite of Queen Caroline , impotently attacked . " - Warton . Wakefield , who ...
Contents
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE | xlix |
The Dunciad Variorum with the Prolegomena of Scriblerus I | 1 |
The Dunciad in Four Books | 247 |
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