The Dunciad, Volume 5Methuen, 1943 - 476 pages |
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Page xiv
... poem which up till then had shown little promise of success , and it is possible that Swift not only saved the manuscript but indicated to Pope how the poem itself might be saved . It has been suggested , in fact , that what Swift ...
... poem which up till then had shown little promise of success , and it is possible that Swift not only saved the manuscript but indicated to Pope how the poem itself might be saved . It has been suggested , in fact , that what Swift ...
Page xix
... poem was eventually assigned in the autumn of 1729.1 It is a safe guess , therefore , that Mrs Dodd was never in any sense the publisher of the poem ; and in making use of this woman's name Pope's intention was probably to suggest that ...
... poem was eventually assigned in the autumn of 1729.1 It is a safe guess , therefore , that Mrs Dodd was never in any sense the publisher of the poem ; and in making use of this woman's name Pope's intention was probably to suggest that ...
Page 205
... Poem ; which with the same certainty as we call that of Homer the Iliad , of Virgil the Eneid , of Camoens the ... Poem , by the inevitable removal of some Authors , and insertion of others , in their Niches . For whoever will con- sider ...
... Poem ; which with the same certainty as we call that of Homer the Iliad , of Virgil the Eneid , of Camoens the ... Poem , by the inevitable removal of some Authors , and insertion of others , in their Niches . For whoever will con- sider ...
Contents
PREFACE | xvi |
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE | xlix |
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED | 1 |
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