The DunciadM. Cooper, 1970 - 235 pages |
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Page xxviii
... Dulness their daughter , in the removal of her imperial feat from the City to the polite World ; as the Action of the Eneid is the restoration of the empire of Troy , by the removal of the race from thence to La- tium . But as Homer ...
... Dulness their daughter , in the removal of her imperial feat from the City to the polite World ; as the Action of the Eneid is the restoration of the empire of Troy , by the removal of the race from thence to La- tium . But as Homer ...
Page 48
... dulness new meanders takes ; 65 There motley Images her fancy strike , Figures ill pair'd , and Similies unlike . 70 She fees a Mob of Metaphors advance , Pleas'd with the madness of the mazy dance : How Tragedy and Comedy embrace ; How ...
... dulness new meanders takes ; 65 There motley Images her fancy strike , Figures ill pair'd , and Similies unlike . 70 She fees a Mob of Metaphors advance , Pleas'd with the madness of the mazy dance : How Tragedy and Comedy embrace ; How ...
Page 162
... Dulness , cultivating mistaken talents , patronizing vile fcriblers , difcouraging living merit , or setting up for wits , and Men of tafte in arts they understand not ; from ver . 91 to 101. In this new world of Dulness each of these ...
... Dulness , cultivating mistaken talents , patronizing vile fcriblers , difcouraging living merit , or setting up for wits , and Men of tafte in arts they understand not ; from ver . 91 to 101. In this new world of Dulness each of these ...
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