The Dunciad, Volume 5Methuen, 1943 - 476 pages |
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Page 52
... hath always been cen- 25 sured by the sound critick . How exact that Imitation hath been in this piece , appeareth not only by its general structure , but by particular allusions infinite , many whereof have escaped both the commentator ...
... hath always been cen- 25 sured by the sound critick . How exact that Imitation hath been in this piece , appeareth not only by its general structure , but by particular allusions infinite , many whereof have escaped both the commentator ...
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... hath given us manifest proofs of his Knowledge of Books : It must be confessed his competitor hath imitated some single thoughts of the Ancients well enough , ( if we consider he had not the happiness of an 10 University Education ) but he ...
... hath given us manifest proofs of his Knowledge of Books : It must be confessed his competitor hath imitated some single thoughts of the Ancients well enough , ( if we consider he had not the happiness of an 10 University Education ) but he ...
Page 415
... hath been the practice of our Princes , never to remove from the station of Poet Laureate any man who hath once been chosen , tho ' never so much greater Genius's might arise in his time . A noble instance , how much the charity of our ...
... hath been the practice of our Princes , never to remove from the station of Poet Laureate any man who hath once been chosen , tho ' never so much greater Genius's might arise in his time . A noble instance , how much the charity of our ...
Contents
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE | xlix |
The Dunciad Variorum with the Prolegomena of Scriblerus I | 1 |
The Dunciad in Four Books | 247 |
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