The DunciadMethuen & Company Limited, 1943 - 476 pages |
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Page 269
... Dulness , Jove , and Fate ; You by whose care , in vain decry'd and curst , Still Dunce the second reigns like Dunce the first ; Say how the Goddess bade Britannia sleep , And pour'd her Spirit o'er the land and deep . In eldest time ...
... Dulness , Jove , and Fate ; You by whose care , in vain decry'd and curst , Still Dunce the second reigns like Dunce the first ; Say how the Goddess bade Britannia sleep , And pour'd her Spirit o'er the land and deep . In eldest time ...
Page 274
... Dulness shone ; Four guardian Virtues , round , support her throne : Fierce champion Fortitude , that knows no fears Of hisses , blows , or want , or loss of ears : Calm Temperance , whose blessings those partake Who hunger , and who ...
... Dulness shone ; Four guardian Virtues , round , support her throne : Fierce champion Fortitude , that knows no fears Of hisses , blows , or want , or loss of ears : Calm Temperance , whose blessings those partake Who hunger , and who ...
Page 359
... Dulness sees a grateful Day , 180 Gondomar the Spanish Ambassador wou'd speak false Latin to him , on pur- pose to ... Dulness sees , & c . ] And grateful it is in Dulness to make this con- fession . I will not say she alludes to that ...
... Dulness sees a grateful Day , 180 Gondomar the Spanish Ambassador wou'd speak false Latin to him , on pur- pose to ... Dulness sees , & c . ] And grateful it is in Dulness to make this con- fession . I will not say she alludes to that ...
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CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE | xlix |
The Dunciad Variorum with the Prolegomena of Scriblerus I | 1 |
The Dunciad in Four Books | 247 |
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