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MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS HIS PROLEGOMENA AND ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE
DUNCIAD : With the Hypercritics of Aristarchus . Dennis's Remarks on Prince
Arthur . I CANNOT but think it the most reasonable thing in the world , to
distinguish ...
MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS HIS PROLEGOMENA AND ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE
DUNCIAD : With the Hypercritics of Aristarchus . Dennis's Remarks on Prince
Arthur . I CANNOT but think it the most reasonable thing in the world , to
distinguish ...
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Now is it not plain , that any one who sends such compliments to another , has
not been used to write in partnership with him to whom he sends them ? ' Dannis
Remarks on the Dunciad , p . 50. Mr. Dennis is there . Core welcome to take this ...
Now is it not plain , that any one who sends such compliments to another , has
not been used to write in partnership with him to whom he sends them ? ' Dannis
Remarks on the Dunciad , p . 50. Mr. Dennis is there . Core welcome to take this ...
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... his own hand , dated March 12 , 1733 2 Dennis , Preface to his Reflections on
the Essay on Criticism . 3 Preface to his Remarks on Homer . and profuseness ;
and more squandered away upon one object 164 PUPE'S POETICAL WORKS .
... his own hand , dated March 12 , 1733 2 Dennis , Preface to his Reflections on
the Essay on Criticism . 3 Preface to his Remarks on Homer . and profuseness ;
and more squandered away upon one object 164 PUPE'S POETICAL WORKS .
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... same he was from the beginning , Servetur ad imum Qualis ab incepto
processerat- But here , in justice both to the poet and the hero , let us farther
remark , that the calling her his whore , implied she was his own , and not his
neighbour's .
... same he was from the beginning , Servetur ad imum Qualis ab incepto
processerat- But here , in justice both to the poet and the hero , let us farther
remark , that the calling her his whore , implied she was his own , and not his
neighbour's .
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Call'd to this work by Dulness , Jove , and Fate ; REMARKS The Dunciad , sic MS
. ] It may well be disputed whether this be a right reading . Ought it not rather be
spelled Dunceiad , ils the etymology evidently demandg ? Dunce VOL . II .
Call'd to this work by Dulness , Jove , and Fate ; REMARKS The Dunciad , sic MS
. ] It may well be disputed whether this be a right reading . Ought it not rather be
spelled Dunceiad , ils the etymology evidently demandg ? Dunce VOL . II .
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Page 54 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.
Page 6 - I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.
Page 106 - twixt reading and Bohea, To muse, and spill her solitary Tea, Or o'er cold coffee trifle with the spoon, Count the slow clock, and dine exact at noon...
Page 12 - Till grown more frugal in his riper days, He paid some bards with port, and some with praise ; To some a dry rehearsal was assign'd, And others (harder still) he paid in kind.
Page 11 - Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ? What though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals ? Or smoking forth, a hundred hawkers...
Page 6 - And curses wit, and poetry, and Pope. Friend to my life! (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What drop or nostrum can this plague remove ? Or which must end me, a fool's wrath or love ? A dire dilemma! either way I'm sped, If foes, they write, — if friends, they read me dead.
Page 280 - Some gentle James, to bless the land again ; To stick the doctor's chair into the throne, Give law to words, or war with words alone, Senates and courts with Greek and Latin rule, And turn the council to a grammar school ! For sure, if Dulness sees a grateful day, 'Tis in the shade of arbitrary sway.
Page 14 - What ? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of Ass's milk ? Satire or sense, alas! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P.