The DunciadM. Cooper, 1970 - 235 pages |
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... last hundred " years , I fhould fhift the fcene , and fhew all that penury changed at once " to riot and profufenefs ; and more fquandered away upon one object , than " would have fatisfied the greater part of thofe extraordinary men ...
... last hundred " years , I fhould fhift the fcene , and fhew all that penury changed at once " to riot and profufenefs ; and more fquandered away upon one object , than " would have fatisfied the greater part of thofe extraordinary men ...
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Alexander Pope. To future ages may thy dulness last , 190 As thou preferv'st the dulness of the past ! There , dim in clouds , the poring Scholiasts mark , Wits , who like owls , fee only in the dark , REMARK S. I to the Lord ... last, ...
Alexander Pope. To future ages may thy dulness last , 190 As thou preferv'st the dulness of the past ! There , dim in clouds , the poring Scholiasts mark , Wits , who like owls , fee only in the dark , REMARK S. I to the Lord ... last, ...
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... last . Happier thy fortunes ! like a rolling stone , Thy giddy dulnefs ftill fhall lumber on , 295 Safe in its heaviness , shall never stray , 300 But lick up ev'ry blockhead in the way . Thee shall the Patriot , thee the Courtier taste ...
... last . Happier thy fortunes ! like a rolling stone , Thy giddy dulnefs ftill fhall lumber on , 295 Safe in its heaviness , shall never stray , 300 But lick up ev'ry blockhead in the way . Thee shall the Patriot , thee the Courtier taste ...
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