The Dunciad, Variorum 1729 |
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... Obscurity of the perfons it treats of , that it partakes of the nature of a Secret , which most people love to be let into , tho ' the Men or the Things be ever fo inconfiderable or trivial . Of the Perfons it was judg'd proper to give ...
... Obscurity of the perfons it treats of , that it partakes of the nature of a Secret , which most people love to be let into , tho ' the Men or the Things be ever fo inconfiderable or trivial . Of the Perfons it was judg'd proper to give ...
Page 5
... obscure Author of a " poem called Sawney , ( f ) " That because Prior's Henry and " Emma charm'd the finest tastes , our author writ his Eloife , in oppofi- " tion to it ; but forgot innocence and virtue . If you take away ber " tender ...
... obscure Author of a " poem called Sawney , ( f ) " That because Prior's Henry and " Emma charm'd the finest tastes , our author writ his Eloife , in oppofi- " tion to it ; but forgot innocence and virtue . If you take away ber " tender ...
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... illufion on the town . ] It was a common practice of this Bookfeller , to publifh vile pieces of obscure hands under the names of eminent authors . Be thine , my stationer ! this magic gift ; 32 Book II . The DUNCIA D.
... illufion on the town . ] It was a common practice of this Bookfeller , to publifh vile pieces of obscure hands under the names of eminent authors . Be thine , my stationer ! this magic gift ; 32 Book II . The DUNCIA D.
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