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... Dunciad , " as Pope himself declares , is an imitation , though more extended in its plan , and more diversified in its incidents . It is related by Prior , that Lord Dorset , when as chamberlain he was constrained to eject Dryden from ...
... Dunciad , " as Pope himself declares , is an imitation , though more extended in its plan , and more diversified in its incidents . It is related by Prior , that Lord Dorset , when as chamberlain he was constrained to eject Dryden from ...
Page 204
... Dunciad : " of the Duke and Dutchess of Queensberry , " This piece was received with greater ap- into whose house he was taken , and with whom lause than was ever known . Besides being he passed the remaining part of his life . The ...
... Dunciad : " of the Duke and Dutchess of Queensberry , " This piece was received with greater ap- into whose house he was taken , and with whom lause than was ever known . Besides being he passed the remaining part of his life . The ...
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... Dunciad , " however strange and im- cautious , may be sometimes deceived by an art- probable , was exactly true . ful appearance of virtue , or by false evidences of guilt , such errors will not be frequent ; and it will be allowed ...
... Dunciad , " however strange and im- cautious , may be sometimes deceived by an art- probable , was exactly true . ful appearance of virtue , or by false evidences of guilt , such errors will not be frequent ; and it will be allowed ...
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... Dunciad . " If It is evident , that , according to Pope's own estimate , Broome was unkindly treated . four books could merit three hundred pounds , eight and all the notes , equivalent at least to four , had certainly a right to more ...
... Dunciad . " If It is evident , that , according to Pope's own estimate , Broome was unkindly treated . four books could merit three hundred pounds , eight and all the notes , equivalent at least to four , had certainly a right to more ...
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... Dunciad . ” In this disastrous year ( 1720 ) of national in- fatuation , when more riches than Peru can boast were expected from the South Sea , when the contagion of avarice tainted every mind , and even poets panted after wealth ...
... Dunciad . ” In this disastrous year ( 1720 ) of national in- fatuation , when more riches than Peru can boast were expected from the South Sea , when the contagion of avarice tainted every mind , and even poets panted after wealth ...
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