The Dunciad, Volume 5Methuen, 1943 - 476 pages |
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Page 151
... 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 ...
Page 186
... Bavius , take the poppy from thy brow , And place it here ! here all ye Heroes bow ! This , this is He , foretold by ancient rhymes , Th ' Augustus born to bring Saturnian times : Beneath his reign , shall Eusden wear the bays , 319 ...
... Bavius , take the poppy from thy brow , And place it here ! here all ye Heroes bow ! This , this is He , foretold by ancient rhymes , Th ' Augustus born to bring Saturnian times : Beneath his reign , shall Eusden wear the bays , 319 ...
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... 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
PREFACE | xvi |
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE | xlix |
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED | 1 |
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