The Dunciad, Volume 5Methuen, 1943 - 476 pages |
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... probably too indolent to contribute much , and Bolingbroke , like Swift , knew too little about the dunces to write notes about them . There remain two others to be con- sidered : William Cleland and Richard Savage . Cleland was not ...
... probably too indolent to contribute much , and Bolingbroke , like Swift , knew too little about the dunces to write notes about them . There remain two others to be con- sidered : William Cleland and Richard Savage . Cleland was not ...
Page 79
... probably complained to Pope directly , or through the Earl of Oxford . See " Upon a piece of News in MIST ” in vol . vi . — W ― s is Isaac Watts ( 1674-1748 ) , one of the most popular poets of his day . It was probably his popularity ...
... probably complained to Pope directly , or through the Earl of Oxford . See " Upon a piece of News in MIST ” in vol . vi . — W ― s is Isaac Watts ( 1674-1748 ) , one of the most popular poets of his day . It was probably his popularity ...
Page 432
... probably alludes to Budgell's troubles in 1733 over the will of Matthew Tindal , though he was never called upon to face a charge in court ( cf. Ep . to Arbuthnot , 378-9 ) ; but his later life was one long litigation . In 1737 ...
... probably alludes to Budgell's troubles in 1733 over the will of Matthew Tindal , though he was never called upon to face a charge in court ( cf. Ep . to Arbuthnot , 378-9 ) ; but his later life was one long litigation . In 1737 ...
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