The Dunciad, Volume 5Methuen, 1943 - 476 pages |
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Page xl
... prose . The same tactics were employed with the other dunces ; and for some of those the notes had the additional advantage of giving the reader some much - needed information . More generally , the notes were intended to justify the ...
... prose . The same tactics were employed with the other dunces ; and for some of those the notes had the additional advantage of giving the reader some much - needed information . More generally , the notes were intended to justify the ...
Page 6
... prose pieces which precede and follow the poem is that of the quarto of 1729 , collated with the quarto of 1743. The only exceptions are " Testimonies of Authors , " which was so much amplified by Pope in subsequent editions that it has ...
... prose pieces which precede and follow the poem is that of the quarto of 1729 , collated with the quarto of 1743. The only exceptions are " Testimonies of Authors , " which was so much amplified by Pope in subsequent editions that it has ...
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... prose , that have been written by the " moderns on this ground - work , they do but hackney the same " thoughts over again , making them still more trite . Most of their " pieces are nothing but a pert , insipid heap of common place ...
... prose , that have been written by the " moderns on this ground - work , they do but hackney the same " thoughts over again , making them still more trite . Most of their " pieces are nothing but a pert , insipid heap of common place ...
Contents
PREFACE | xvi |
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE | xlix |
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED | 1 |
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