The DunciadMethuen & Company Limited, 1939 - 476 pages |
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... Bavius sits , to dip poetic souls , And blunt the sense , and fit it for a scull Of solid proof , impenetrably dull . 15. There in a dusky vale , & c . ] Virg . Æn . 6 ( 703 ff . ) . -Videt Æneas in valle reducta Seclusum nemus ...
... Bavius sits , to dip poetic souls , And blunt the sense , and fit it for a scull Of solid proof , impenetrably dull . 15. There in a dusky vale , & c . ] Virg . Æn . 6 ( 703 ff . ) . -Videt Æneas in valle reducta Seclusum nemus ...
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... Bavius , a Mævius , or a Bathyllus carp'd at Virgil , and none but such unthinking Vermin admire his Translator . ( n ) It is true , soft and easy lines might become Ovid's Epistles or Art of Love 15 But Virgil who is all great and ...
... Bavius , a Mævius , or a Bathyllus carp'd at Virgil , and none but such unthinking Vermin admire his Translator . ( n ) It is true , soft and easy lines might become Ovid's Epistles or Art of Love 15 But Virgil who is all great and ...
Page 321
... Bavius sits , to dip poetic souls , And blunt the sense , and fit it for a skull 25 Of solid proof , impenetrably ... Bavius sits ( A iii 16 ) . 24. Old Bavius sits ] Bavius . . . the gentlemen of the Dunciad ( A iii 16 ) . 28. unbar the ...
... Bavius sits , to dip poetic souls , And blunt the sense , and fit it for a skull 25 Of solid proof , impenetrably ... Bavius sits ( A iii 16 ) . 24. Old Bavius sits ] Bavius . . . the gentlemen of the Dunciad ( A iii 16 ) . 28. unbar the ...
Contents
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE | xlix |
The Dunciad Variorum with the Prolegomena of Scriblerus I | 1 |
The Dunciad in Four Books | 248 |
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