The DunciadMethuen & Company Limited, 1939 - 476 pages |
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Page 83
... dull books , and prologues to dull plays ; 164. And crucify poor Shakespear once a week ] For some time , once a week or fortnight , he printed in Mist's Journal a single remark or poor conjecture on some word or pointing of Shakespear ...
... dull books , and prologues to dull plays ; 164. And crucify poor Shakespear once a week ] For some time , once a week or fortnight , he printed in Mist's Journal a single remark or poor conjecture on some word or pointing of Shakespear ...
Page 341
... dull and venal ] The Allegory continued ; dull referring to the extinction of Light or Science , venal to the destruction of Order , or the Truth of Things . P.W. Ibid . a new World ] In allusion to the Epicurean opinion , that from the ...
... dull and venal ] The Allegory continued ; dull referring to the extinction of Light or Science , venal to the destruction of Order , or the Truth of Things . P.W. Ibid . a new World ] In allusion to the Epicurean opinion , that from the ...
Page 406
... Dull ; ' Till drown'd was Sense , and Shame , and Right , and Wrong- O sing , and hush the Nations with thy Song ! 620 Dunces ] Dulness 1742f , 1743b [ corrected in Errata ] . 620 625 620. Wits have short Memories ] This seems to be the ...
... Dull ; ' Till drown'd was Sense , and Shame , and Right , and Wrong- O sing , and hush the Nations with thy Song ! 620 Dunces ] Dulness 1742f , 1743b [ corrected in Errata ] . 620 625 620. Wits have short Memories ] This seems to be the ...
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CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE | xlix |
The Dunciad Variorum with the Prolegomena of Scriblerus I | 1 |
The Dunciad in Four Books | 248 |
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