The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorJones and Company, 1827 - 424 páginas |
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... Dunciad . ' In this disastrous year ( 1720 ) of national infatuation , where more riches than Pern can boast were expected from the South Sea , when the contagion of avarice tainted every mind , and even poets panted after wealth , Pope ...
... Dunciad . ' In this disastrous year ( 1720 ) of national infatuation , where more riches than Pern can boast were expected from the South Sea , when the contagion of avarice tainted every mind , and even poets panted after wealth , Pope ...
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... Dunciad . ' In the following year ( 1728 ) he began to put Atter- bury's advice in practice ; and shewed his satirical pow- ers by publishing the Dunciad , ' one of his greatest and most elaborate performances , in which he endeavoured ...
... Dunciad . ' In the following year ( 1728 ) he began to put Atter- bury's advice in practice ; and shewed his satirical pow- ers by publishing the Dunciad , ' one of his greatest and most elaborate performances , in which he endeavoured ...
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... Dunciad ; ' on the other side , the booksellers and hawkers made as great efforts to procure it . What could a few poor au- thors do against so great a majority of the public ? There was no stopping a torrent with a finger ; so out it ...
... Dunciad ; ' on the other side , the booksellers and hawkers made as great efforts to procure it . What could a few poor au- thors do against so great a majority of the public ? There was no stopping a torrent with a finger ; so out it ...
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... Dunciad , of be discharged . which the design is to ridicule such studies as are either hopeless or useless , as either pursue what is unattain- able , or what , if it be attained , is of no use . When this book was printed ( 1742 ) the ...
... Dunciad , of be discharged . which the design is to ridicule such studies as are either hopeless or useless , as either pursue what is unattain- able , or what , if it be attained , is of no use . When this book was printed ( 1742 ) the ...
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... Dunciad , ' in which he overbalancing her fault ; and , if he had suffered his degraded Theobald from his painful pre - eminence , and heart to be alienated from her , he could have found enthroned Cibber in his stead . Unhappily the ...
... Dunciad , ' in which he overbalancing her fault ; and , if he had suffered his degraded Theobald from his painful pre - eminence , and heart to be alienated from her , he could have found enthroned Cibber in his stead . Unhappily the ...
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