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He answered all Dryden's political Poems; and being cry'd up on one side,
succeeded not a little in his Tragedy of the Empress of Morocco (the first that was
ever printed with Cuts.) "Upon this he grew insolent, the "Wits writ against his
Play, ...
He answered all Dryden's political Poems; and being cry'd up on one side,
succeeded not a little in his Tragedy of the Empress of Morocco (the first that was
ever printed with Cuts.) "Upon this he grew insolent, the "Wits writ against his
Play, ...
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Tonson calls it Dryden's Virgil, to show that this is not that Vir- 1 o gil so admired
in the Augustaean age, but a Virgil of another stamp, a silly, impertinent,
nonsensical Writer. (m) None but a Bavius, a Mavius, or a Bathyllus carp'd at
Virgil, and ...
Tonson calls it Dryden's Virgil, to show that this is not that Vir- 1 o gil so admired
in the Augustaean age, but a Virgil of another stamp, a silly, impertinent,
nonsensical Writer. (m) None but a Bavius, a Mavius, or a Bathyllus carp'd at
Virgil, and ...
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(x) Poetis quidlibet audendi shall be Mr. Dryden's Motto, tho' it should extend to
Picking of Pockets. (y) 10 Names bestow'd on Mr. DRYDEN. An APE.] A crafty
Ape drest up in a gaudy Gown — Whips put into an Ape's paw, to play pranks
with ...
(x) Poetis quidlibet audendi shall be Mr. Dryden's Motto, tho' it should extend to
Picking of Pockets. (y) 10 Names bestow'd on Mr. DRYDEN. An APE.] A crafty
Ape drest up in a gaudy Gown — Whips put into an Ape's paw, to play pranks
with ...
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Contents
INTRODUCTION ix | xxvi |
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE | xlix |
The Dunciad Variorum with the Prolegomena of Scriblerus | 1 |
Copyright | |
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