The DunciadM. Cooper, 1970 - 235 pages |
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Page v
... because they are poor , but they are poor because they are bunglers . Is it not pleasant enough , to hear our authors crying out on the one hand , as if their perfons and characters were too facred for Sa- tyr ; and the public objecting ...
... because they are poor , but they are poor because they are bunglers . Is it not pleasant enough , to hear our authors crying out on the one hand , as if their perfons and characters were too facred for Sa- tyr ; and the public objecting ...
Page vi
... because Ridicule in itself is , or ought to be , a pleasure ; but because it is just to undeceive and vindicate the honeft and unpre- tending part of mankind from imposition , because particular interest ought to yield to general , and ...
... because Ridicule in itself is , or ought to be , a pleasure ; but because it is just to undeceive and vindicate the honeft and unpre- tending part of mankind from imposition , because particular interest ought to yield to general , and ...
Page 151
... because no body elfe would ) took up near two years more in the drudgery of comparing im- | preffions , rectifying the Scenary , & c . and the Tranflation of half the Odyffey em- ployed him from that time to 1725 . VER . 321. Proceed ...
... because no body elfe would ) took up near two years more in the drudgery of comparing im- | preffions , rectifying the Scenary , & c . and the Tranflation of half the Odyffey em- ployed him from that time to 1725 . VER . 321. Proceed ...
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