The Dunciad, Variorum: With the Prolegomena of Scriblerus |
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... present EDITION OF THE DUNCIA D. I T is with Pleafure I hear that you have procured a correct Edition of the DUNCIAD , which the many furrepti tious ones have rendered fo neceffary ; and it is yet with more , that I am informed it will ...
... present EDITION OF THE DUNCIA D. I T is with Pleafure I hear that you have procured a correct Edition of the DUNCIAD , which the many furrepti tious ones have rendered fo neceffary ; and it is yet with more , that I am informed it will ...
Page 62
... present monarch Settle . Wherefore debating whether to betake himself to law or politicks , he raifes an altar of proper books , and ( making firft his folemn prayer and declaration ) pur- poses thereon to facrifice all his unsuccessful ...
... present monarch Settle . Wherefore debating whether to betake himself to law or politicks , he raifes an altar of proper books , and ( making firft his folemn prayer and declaration ) pur- poses thereon to facrifice all his unsuccessful ...
Page 63
... present fall fast asleep , which naturally and neceffarily ends the games . Book the THIRD . AFTER the other perfons are difpofed in their proper places of reft , the God- defs tranfports the King to her Temple , and there lays him to ...
... present fall fast asleep , which naturally and neceffarily ends the games . Book the THIRD . AFTER the other perfons are difpofed in their proper places of reft , the God- defs tranfports the King to her Temple , and there lays him to ...
Page 65
... present Action of the Dunciad is but a Type or Foretafte , giving a Glimpfe or Pisgah - fight of the pro- mis'd Fulness of her Glory ; the Accomplish- ment whereof will , in all probability , here- after be the Theme of many other and ...
... present Action of the Dunciad is but a Type or Foretafte , giving a Glimpfe or Pisgah - fight of the pro- mis'd Fulness of her Glory ; the Accomplish- ment whereof will , in all probability , here- after be the Theme of many other and ...
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... presents th ' approaching jayl : 50 Poetic Juftice , with her lifted fcale ; " . Where in nice balance , truth with gold she weighs , And folid pudding against empty praife . Here the beholds the Chaos dark and deep , Where nameless ...
... presents th ' approaching jayl : 50 Poetic Juftice , with her lifted fcale ; " . Where in nice balance , truth with gold she weighs , And folid pudding against empty praife . Here the beholds the Chaos dark and deep , Where nameless ...
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