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... edition with NOTES , in quarto 314 IV . Advertisement to the First edition of the FOURTH BOOK when printed feparately 315 V. Advertisement to the complete edition of 1743 . 316 VI . Advertisement printed in the Journal 1730 317 VII . A ...
... edition with NOTES , in quarto 314 IV . Advertisement to the First edition of the FOURTH BOOK when printed feparately 315 V. Advertisement to the complete edition of 1743 . 316 VI . Advertisement printed in the Journal 1730 317 VII . A ...
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... those which are , or will be , transmitted to you by others ; fince not only the Author's friends , but even strangers , appear engaged by hu- A 2 ( iii ) A LETTER to the Publisher, occafioned by First Edition of the DUNCIAD.
... those which are , or will be , transmitted to you by others ; fince not only the Author's friends , but even strangers , appear engaged by hu- A 2 ( iii ) A LETTER to the Publisher, occafioned by First Edition of the DUNCIAD.
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... edition of this Poem himself , I may fee fome of them treated as gently , on their repentance or better merit , as Perrault and Quinault were at last by BOILEAU . In one point I must be allowed to think the cha- racter of our English ...
... edition of this Poem himself , I may fee fome of them treated as gently , on their repentance or better merit , as Perrault and Quinault were at last by BOILEAU . In one point I must be allowed to think the cha- racter of our English ...
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... Edition of an author in Marble ; where ( as may be feen on comparing the Tomb with the Book ) in the space of five lines , two Words and a whole Verfe are changed , and it is to be hoped will there ftand , and outlast whatever hath been ...
... Edition of an author in Marble ; where ( as may be feen on comparing the Tomb with the Book ) in the space of five lines , two Words and a whole Verfe are changed , and it is to be hoped will there ftand , and outlast whatever hath been ...
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... Edition before that of London in quarto ; which was attended with Notes . We are willing to acquaint Pofterity ... edition , that this poem was not published by the Author himself . It was printed originally in a foreign Country . And ...
... Edition before that of London in quarto ; which was attended with Notes . We are willing to acquaint Pofterity ... edition , that this poem was not published by the Author himself . It was printed originally in a foreign Country . And ...
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Seite 80 - There motley Images her fancy strike, Figures ill pair'd, and Similies unlike. She sees a Mob of Metaphors advance, Pleas'd with the madness of the mazy dance: How Tragedy and Comedy embrace; How Farce and Epic get a jumbled race; How Time himself stands still at her command, Realms shift their place, and Ocean turns to land.
Seite 210 - Furthermore, it drove out of England (for that season) the Italian Opera, which had carried all before it for ten years.
Seite 230 - When Reason doubtful, like the Samian letter, Points him two ways, the narrower is the better. Plac'd at the door of Learning, youth to guide, We never suffer it to stand too wide.
Seite 90 - Blasphem'd his gods, the dice, and damn'd his fate ; Then gnaw'd his pen, then dash'd it on the ground, Sinking from thought to thought, a vast profound ! Plung'd for his sense, but found no bottom there, Yet wrote and flounder'd on in mere despair.
Seite xxii - The Art of Criticism, which was published some months since, and is a master-piece in its kind. The observations follow one another like those in Horace's Art of Poetry, without that methodical regularity which would have been requisite in a prose author.
Seite 296 - ... all the great characters of the age; and this with impunity, their own persons and names being utterly secret and obscure.
Seite 284 - Lost was the Nation's Sense, nor could be found, While the long solemn Unison went round: Wide, and more wide, it spread o'er all the realm; Ev'n Palinurus nodded at the Helm: The Vapour mild o'er each Committee crept; Unfinish'd Treaties in each Office slept; And Chiefless Armies doz'd out the Campaign; And, Navies yawn'd for Orders on the Main.
Seite xxvi - Whether Mr. Addifon did find it conformable to his tafte, or not, beft appears from his own teftimony the year following its publication, in thefe words : Mr.
Seite 296 - ... would not find their account in employing them, or the men themfelves, when difcovered, want courage to proceed in fo unlawful an occupation. This it was that gave birth to The Dunciad, and he thought it an happinefs, that by the late flood of flander on himfelf, he had acquired fuch a peculiar right over their names, as was neceflary to this defign.