The Dunciad, Volume 5Methuen, 1943 - 476 pages |
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... wou'd gladly ask , if it lays him under any personal obligation ? at that rate he would be the most oblig'd humble servant in the world . I dare swear , for these in particular , he never desir'd them to be his Admirers , nor promis'd ...
... wou'd gladly ask , if it lays him under any personal obligation ? at that rate he would be the most oblig'd humble servant in the world . I dare swear , for these in particular , he never desir'd them to be his Admirers , nor promis'd ...
Page 169
... wou'd of Mr. Pope's , had their united laudable endeavours discourag'd him from his undertakings . How few good works had ever appear'd ( since men of true merit are always the least presuming ) had there been always such champions to ...
... wou'd of Mr. Pope's , had their united laudable endeavours discourag'd him from his undertakings . How few good works had ever appear'd ( since men of true merit are always the least presuming ) had there been always such champions to ...
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... wou'd have whipt him for so childish a Paraphrase . ( p ) The meanest Pedant in England wou'd whip a Lubber of twelve for construing so absurdly . ( q ) The Translator is mad , every line betrays 25 his Stupidity . ( r ) The faults are ...
... wou'd have whipt him for so childish a Paraphrase . ( p ) The meanest Pedant in England wou'd whip a Lubber of twelve for construing so absurdly . ( q ) The Translator is mad , every line betrays 25 his Stupidity . ( r ) The faults are ...
Contents
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE | xlix |
The Dunciad Variorum with the Prolegomena of Scriblerus I | 1 |
The Dunciad in Four Books | 247 |
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