The dunciad, in four booksJ. French, 1777 - 195 pages |
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Alexander Pope. It was upon reading some of the abusive papers lately published , that my great regard to a Person whofe Friendship I esteem as one ... published thofe works which are in the hands of every body , in which not the iv A LETTER.
Alexander Pope. It was upon reading some of the abusive papers lately published , that my great regard to a Person whofe Friendship I esteem as one ... published thofe works which are in the hands of every body , in which not the iv A LETTER.
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... publish flan- ders unpunished , the authors being anonymous , and skulking under the wings of publishers , a set of men who never fcrupled to vend either Calumny or Blafphe- my , as long as the Town would call for it . At the fame time ...
... publish flan- ders unpunished , the authors being anonymous , and skulking under the wings of publishers , a set of men who never fcrupled to vend either Calumny or Blafphe- my , as long as the Town would call for it . At the fame time ...
Page xxiii
... published his Alfred * . True it is , that the talents for Criticifm , namely fmartness , quick cenfure , vivacity of remark , certainty of affe- veration , indeed all but acerbity , seem rather the gifts of Youth than of riper Age ...
... published his Alfred * . True it is , that the talents for Criticifm , namely fmartness , quick cenfure , vivacity of remark , certainty of affe- veration , indeed all but acerbity , seem rather the gifts of Youth than of riper Age ...
Page xxxiv
... published already by Mr. Pope , give us reafon to think that the Iliad will appear in English with as little difadvantage to that immortal poem . ' · • 6 . As to the reft , there is a flight mistake , for this younger mufe was an elder ...
... published already by Mr. Pope , give us reafon to think that the Iliad will appear in English with as little difadvantage to that immortal poem . ' · • 6 . As to the reft , there is a flight mistake , for this younger mufe was an elder ...
Page xxxv
... publish such an author as he has least studied , and for- " get to discharge even the dull duty of an editor . In ' this project let him lend the book feller his name ( for a competent fum of money ) to promote the credit of an ...
... publish such an author as he has least studied , and for- " get to discharge even the dull duty of an editor . In ' this project let him lend the book feller his name ( for a competent fum of money ) to promote the credit of an ...
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abuſed Advertiſements Æneid affures againſt alfo almoſt alſo bards Bavius becauſe Behold caufe cauſe CHARLES GILDON Cibber Concanen Curl Daily Journal Dennis Dryden dull Dulneſs Dunce Dunciad Effay on Criticiſm Engliſh Eridanus ev'ry eyes faid fame fatire fave feems fhall fhew fhould fince fing firft firſt fleeps fome fons foon former Edit foul ftill ftream fuch fure Gildon Goddeſs hath head himſelf Homer Iliad IMITATIONS JOHN DENNIS juſt King laſt leaſt lefs LEONARD WELSTED Letter LEWIS THEOBALD Mift's moſt Mufe Muſe muſt o'er occafion octavo Oldmixon Ovid paſt perfons poem Poets Pope Pope's pow'r praiſe Pref preſent printed profe publiſhed Queen reafon reft rife ſecond Shakeſpear ſhall ſhe ſome ſpeak ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill thee thefe themſelves Theobald theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thro throne tranflated VARIATIONS verfe verſe Virg Virgil whofe whoſe writ writing
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Page xxx - ... delivered. As for those which are the most known, and the most received, they are placed in so beautiful a light, and illustrated with such apt allusions, that they have in them all the graces of novelty, and make the reader, who was before acquainted with them, still more convinced of their truth and solidity.
Page xxx - And here give me leave to mention what Monsieur Boileau has so very well enlarged upon in the preface to his works, that wit and fine writing doth not consist so much in advancing things that are new, as in giving things that are known an agreeable turn.
Page 63 - How Time himself stands still at her command, Realms shift their place, and Ocean turns to land. Here gay Description...
Page 146 - Thou, only thou, directing all our way! To where the Seine, obsequious as she runs, Pours at great Bourbon's feet her silken sons; Or Tyber, now no longer Roman, rolls Vain of...
Page 144 - For thee we dim the eyes, and stuff the head With all such reading as was never read : For thee explain a thing till all men doubt it, And write about it, goddess, and about it : So spins the silkworm small its slender store, And labours till it clouds itself all o'er.
Page 145 - Show all his paces, not a step advance. With the same cement, ever sure to bind, We bring to one dead level every mind : Then take him to develop, if you can, And hew the block off, and get out the man. But wherefore waste I words ? I see advance Whore, pupil, and lac'd governor from France."12 Walker ! our hat ' nor more he deign'd to say, But stern as Ajax
Page 144 - The critic eye, that microscope of wit, Sees hairs and pores, examines bit by bit : How parts relate to parts, or they to whole, The body's harmony, the beaming soul, Are things which Kuster, Burman, Wasse shall see, When man's whole frame is obvious to a flea.
Page 60 - Close to those walls where Folly holds her throne, And laughs to think Monroe would take her down, Where o'er the gates, by his fam'd father's hand Great Cibber's brazen, brainless brothers stand; One Cell there is, conceal'd from vulgar eye, The Cave of Poverty and Poetry. Keen, hollow winds howl thro' the bleak recess, Emblem of Music caus'd by Emptiness.
Page 147 - ... naked Venus keeps, And Cupids ride the Lion of the Deeps; Where, eas'd of Fleets, the Adriatic main Wafts the smooth Eunuch and enamour'd swain. Led by my hand, he saunter'd Europe round, And gather'd ev'ry Vice on Christian ground...
Page 143 - Thy mighty scholiast, whose unwearied pains Made Horace dull, and humbled Milton's strains. Turn what they will to verse, their toil is vain, Critics like me shall make it prose again. Roman and Greek grammarians ! know your better Author of something yet more great than letter ; While towering o'er your alphabet, like Saul, Stands our Digamma, and o'ertops them all.