An Essay on the Dunciad. Octavo, printed for J. Roberts. (In this book, p. 9, it was formally declared, "That the complaint of the "aforesaid Libels and Advertisements was forged "and untrue; that all mouths had been silent, "except in Mr Pope's praise; and nothing against "him published, but by Mr Theobald.")
Sawney, in blank verse, occasioned by the Dunciad; with a Critique on that poem. By J. Ralph (a person never mentioned in it at first, but inserted after), printed for J. Roberts, octavo. A complete Key to the Dunciad. By E. Curl, 12mo. price 6d.
A second and third edition of the same, with additions, 12mo.
The Popiad. By E. Curl, extracted from J. Dennis, Sir Richard Blackmore, &c. 12mo. price Gel.
The Curliad. By the same E. Curl.
The Female Dunciad. Collected by the same Mr Curl, 12mo. price 6d. With the Metamorphosis of P. into a stinging Nettle. By Mr Foxton, 12mo.
The Metamorphosis of Scriblerus into Snarlerus. By J. Smedley, printed for A. Moore, folio, price od.
The Dunciad dissected. By Curl and Mrs Thomas, 12mo.
An Essay on the Taste and Writings of the present times. Said to be writ by a gentleman of C. C. C. Oxon, printed for J. Roberts, octavo. The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric, partly taken from Bouhours with new Reflections, &c. By John Oldmixon, octavo.
Remarks on the Dunciad. By Mr Dennis, dedicated to Theobald, octavo.
A Supplement to the Profund. Anon. by Matthew Concanen, octavo.
Mist's Weekly Journal, June 8. A long letter, signed W. A. Writ by some or other of the Club of Theobald, Dennis, Moore, Concanen, Cooke, who for some time held constant weekly meetings for these kind of performances.
Daily Journal, June 1. A Letter signed
Letter on Pope and
Letter charging
the Author of the Dunciad with Treason. Durgen: a plain satire on a pompous satirist. By Edward Ward, with a little of James Moore. Apollo's Maggot in his Cups. By E. Ward. Gulliveriana secunda. Being a Collection of many of the Libels in the News-papers, like the former Volume, under the same title, by Smedley. Advertised in the Craftsman, Nov. 9, 1728, with this remarkable promise, that " any thing "which any body should send as Mr Pope's or "Dr Swift's, should be inserted and published as theirs."
Pope Alexander's supremacy and infallibility examined, &c. By George Ducket, and John Dennis, quarto.
Dean Jonathan's Paraphrase on the fourth chapter of Genesis. Writ by E. Roome, folio,
OF PERSONS CELEBRATED IN THIS POEM.
(The first Number shews the Book, the second the VERSE.)
OF MATTERS CONTAINED IN THIS POEM AND NOTES.
(The first Number denotes the Book, the second the VERSE and NOTE on it. Test. Testimonies1.j
A. DDISON (Mr) railed at by A. Philips, iii. 326. Abused by J. Oldmixon, in his Prose-Essay on Criticism, etc. ii. 283.
by J. Ralph, in a London Journal, iii. 165. Celebrated by our author,-Upon his Dis- course of Medals-In his Prologue to Cato- In his Imitation of Horace's Epistle to Au- gustus-and in this Poem, ii. 140. False Facts concerning him and our Author related by anonymous persons in Mist's Jour- nal, &c. Test.
Disproved by the Testimonies of The Earl of Burlington,
Mr Addison himself, ibid.
Anger, one of the characteristics of Mr Dennis's Critical writings, i. 106.
1 [The Testimonies of Authors concerning our Poet and his Works, published by P. under the name of Martinus Scriblerus, but omitted here.]
Braying, described, ii. 247.
Birch, by no means proper to be apply'd to young Noblemen, iii. 334.
BL-D, what became of his works, i. 231. BROOME (Rev. Mr Will.). His sentiments of
our Author's virtue, Test. Our Author of his, iii. 332. Brooms (a seller of) taught Mr John Jackson his trade, ii. 137-
Billingsgate language, how to be used by learned authors, ii. 142.
BOND, BESALEEL, BREVAL, not living Writers, but Phantoms, ii. 126.
Booksellers, how they run for a Poet, ii. 31, &c. Bailiffs, how poets run from them, ii. 61.
Shows, thro' Book ii. And dreaming dreams, thro' Book iii. Settle appears to him, iii. 35. Resemblance between him and Settle, iii. 37. i. 146. Goodman's prophecy of him, iii. 232. How he translated an Opera, without knowing the story, 305. and encouraged Farces because it was against his Conscience, 266. Declares he never mounted a Dragon, 268. Apprehen- sions of acting in a Serpent, 287. What were the Passions of his Old Age, 303, 304. Finally subsides in the lap of Dulness, where he rests to all eternity, iv. 20, and Note. CIBBER, his Father, i. 31. His two Brothers, 32. His Son, iii. 142. His better Progeny,
Cibberian Forehead, what is meant by it, i. 218. read by some Cerberian, ibid. Note. COOKE (Tho.), abused by Mr Pope, ii. 138. CONCANEN (Mat.), one of the authors of the Weekly Journals, ii. 299.
declared that when this Poem had Blanks, they meant Treason, iii. 297.
of opinion that Juvenal never satirized the poverty of Codrus, ii. 144.
Corncutters Journal, what it cost, ii. 314. Critics, verbal ones, must have two postulata allowed them, ii. 1.
CURL (Edm.), his Panegyric, ii. 58.
His Corinna, and what she did, 70. His Prayer, 80-Like Eridanus, 182. Much favour'd by Cloacina, 97, &c. Tost in a Blanket and whipped, 151. Pillory'd, ii. 3.
Balm of Dulness, the true and the spurious, its Caroline, a curious Flower, its fate, iv. 409, &c. efficacy, and by whom prepared, iv. 544.
CIBBER, Hero of the Poem, his Character, i. 107. not absolutely stupid, 109. not unfortunate as a Coxcomb, ibid. Not a slow writer, but pre- cipitate, though heavy, 123. His productions the Effects of heat, tho' an imperfect one, 126. His folly heightened with Frenzy, 125. He borrow'd from Fletcher and Moliere, 131. Mangled Shakespear, 133. His head distin- guished for wearing an extraordinary Periwig, 167. more than for its reasoning Faculty, yet not without Furniture, 177. His Elasticity and Fire, and how he came by them, 186. He was once thought to have wrote a reasonable Play, 188. The general character of his Verse and Prose, 190. His Conversation, in what manner extensive and useful, 192, &c. Once designed for the Church, where he should have been a Bishop, 200. Since inclined to write for the Minister of State, 213. but determines to stick to his other talents, what those are, 217, &c. His Apostrophe to his Works before he burns them, 225, &c. His Repentance and tears, 243. Dulness puts out the Fire, 257. Inaugurates and anoints him, 287. His Crown, by whom woven, 223 of what composed, i. 303. who let him into Court, 300. who his Supporters 307. His Entry, Attendants, and Proclamation, usque ad fin. His Enthroniza- tion, ii. 1. Passes his whole reign in seeing
DULNESS, the Goddess; her Original and Pa- rents, i. 12. Her ancient Empire, 17. Her public College, 29. Academy for Poetical Education, 33. Her Cardinal Virtues, 45, &c. Her Ideas, Productions, and Creation, 55, &c. Her Survey and Contemplation of her Works, 79, &c. And of her Children, 93. Their un- interrupted Succession, 98, &c. to 108. Her appearance to Cibber, 261. She manifests to him her Works, 273, &c. Anoints him, 287, &c. Institutes Games at his Coronation, ii. 18, &c. The manner how she makes a Wit, ii. 47. A great lover of a Joke, 34.-And loves to repeat the same over again, 122. Her ways and means to procure the Pathetic and Ter- rible in Tragedy, 225, &c. Encourages Chat- tering and Bawling, 237, &c. And is Patroness of Party-writing and railing, 276, &c. Makes use of the heads of Critics as Scales to weigh the heaviness of Authors, 367. Promotes Slum- ber with the Works of the said Authors, ibid. The wonderful virtue of sleeping in her lap, iii. 5, &c. Her Elysium, 15, &c. The Souls of her Sons dipt in Lethe, 23. How brought into the world, 29. Their Transfiguration and Me- tempsychosis, 50. The Extent and Glories of her Empire, and her Conquests throughout the World, iii. 67 to 138. A Catalogue of her Poetical Forces in this Nation, 139 to 212. Prophecy of her Restoration, 333, &c. Accom.
plishment of it, Book iv. Her appearance on the Throne, with the Sciences led in triumph, iv. 21, &c. Tragedy and Comedy silenced, 37. General assembly of all her Votaries, 73- Her Patrons, 95. Her Critics, 115. Her sway in the Schools, 149 to 180. and Universities, 189 to 274- How she educates Gentlemen in their Travels, 293 to 334-Constitutes Virtuosi in Science, 355, &c. Freethinkers in Religion, 459. Slaves and Dependents in Government, 505. Finally turns them to Beasts, but pre- serves the form of Men, 525. What sort of Comforters she sends them, 529, &c. What Orders and Degrees she confers on them, 565. What Performances she expects from them, according to their several Ranks and Degrees, 583. The powerful Yawn she breathes on them, 605, &c. Its Progress and Effects, 607, &c. till the Consummation of All, in the total Extinction of the reasonable Soul, and Resto- ration of Night and Chaos, usq. ad fin. Dispensary of Dr Garth, ii. 140.
De Foe, Daniel, in what resembled to William Prynne, i. 103.
De Foe, Norton, a scandalous writer, ii. 415. DENNIS (John), his Character of himself, i. 106. Senior to Mr Durfey, iii. 173.
Esteemed by our Author, and why, ibid. His love of Puns, i. 63.
And Politics, i. 106. ii. 413.
His great Loyalty to King George, how
proved, i. 106.
A great Friend to the Stage
and to the State, ii. 413.
How he proves that none but Non-jurors and disaffected persons writ against Stage- plays, ibid.
His respect to the Bible and Alcoran, ibid. His excuse for Obscenity in Plays, iii. 179. His mortal fear of Mr Pope, founded on
Mr Curl's assurances, i. 106.
Of opinion that he poisoned Curl, ibid.
Good nature of our author; Instances of it in this work, i. 328. ii. 282.
Good Sense, Grammar, and Verse, desired to give place for the sake of Mr Bes. Morris and his Works, iii. 168.
His reason why Homer was, or was not in GILDON (Charles), abused our Author in many debt, ii. 118.
His Accusations of Sir R. Blackmore,
As no Protestant, ii. 268.
As no Poet, ibid.
Printed against Jesus Christ, 296. GILDON and DENNIS, their unhappy difference lamented, iii. 173.
His wonderful Dedication to G. D. Esq. Gentleman, his Hymn to his Creator, by Wel-
Drams, dangerous to a Poet, iii. 146.
Dedicators, ii. 198, &c.
Dunciad, how to be correctly spell'd, i. 1.
EDWARDS (Thomas), iv. 567.
A Gentleman of the last edition.
EUSDEN (Laurence), i. 104.
Tax'd by Oldmixon with Nonsense, ibid. Ears, some people advised how to preserve them, iii. 214.
FALSEHOODS told of our Author in Print.
Of his taking Verses from James Moore, Test.
- And of his intending to abuse Bishop Bur- net, ibid.
Gazetteers, the monstrous price of their Writ- ings, ii. 314. the miserable fate of their Works, ibid.
HANDEL, an excellent musician, banished to Ire- land by the English Nobility, iv. 65. Heydeggre, a strange bird from Switzerland, i.
HORACE, censured by Mr Welsted, Test.
Did not know what he was about when he wrote his Art of Poetry, ibid. HENLEY (John the Orator), his Tub and Eucha- rist, ii. 2. His History, iii, 199. His opinion of Ordination and Christian Priesthood, ibid. His Medals, ibid.
HAYWOOD (Mrs), What sort of Game for her, ii. 157. Won by Curl, 187. Her great respect
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