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It is ftyled Heroic, as being doubly fo; not only with respect to its nature, which, according to the best rules of the ancients, and ftrictest ideas of the moderns, is critically fuch; but also with regard to the heroical difpofition and high courage of the writer, who dared to stir up such a formidable, irritable, and implacable race of mortals.

There may arise some obscurity in chronology from the Names in the poem, by the inevitable removal of fome authors, and insertion of others, in their niches. For whoever will confider the unity of the whole design, will be sensible, that the poem was not made for thefe authors, but these authors for the poem. I fhould judge that they were clapped in as they rose, fresh and fresh, and changed from day to day; in like manner as when the old boughs wither, we thrust new ones into a chimney.

I would not have the reader too much troubled or anxious, if he cannot decypher them; fince when he fhall have found them out, he will probably know no more of the perfons than before.

Yet we judged it better to preferve them as they are, than to change them for fictitious names; by which the fatire would only be multiplied, and applied to many instead of one. Had the Hero, for inftance, been called Codrus, how many would have affirmed him to have been Mr. T. Mr. E. Sir R. B. &c. but now all that unjust scandal is faved by calling him by a name, which by good luck happens to be that of a real perfon.

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A LIST of BOOKS, PAPERS, and VERSES, in which our Author was abused, before the Publication of the DUNCIAD; with the true Names of the Authors.

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EFLECTIONS critical and fatyrical on a late Rhapfody, called, An Effay on Criticism. By Mr. Dennis, printed by B. Lintot, price 6d.

A new Rehearsal, or Bays the younger; containing an Examen of Mr. Rowe's plays, and a word or two on Mr. Pope's Rape of the Lock. Anon. Anon. [By Charles Gildon] printed for J. Roberts, 1714, price

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Homerides, or a Letter to Mr. Pope, occafioned by his intended tranflation of Homer, By Sir Iliad Dogrel [Tho. Burnet and G.Ducket, efquires] printed for W. Wilkins, 1715, price 9d.

Æfop at the Bear-garden; a vifion, in imitation of the Temple of Fame, by Mr. Prefton. Sold by John Morphew, 1715, price 6d.

The Catholic Poet, or Proteftant Barnaby's Sorrowful Lamentation; a Ballad about Homer's Iliad. By Mrs. Centlivre, and others, 1715, price 1d.

An Epilogue to a Puppet-shew at Bath, concerning the said Iliad. By George Ducket, efq; printed by E. Curl.

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A complete Key to the What d'ye call it. Anon. [By Griffin a player, fupervised by Mr. Th-] printed by J. Roberts, 1715.

A true character of Mr. P. and his writings, in a letter to a friend. Anon. [Dennis] printed for S. Popping, 1716, price 3 d.

The Confederates, a Farce. By Jofeph Gay [J. D. Breval] printed for R. Burleigh, 1717, price 18.

Remarks upon Mr. Pope's tranflation of Homer; with two letters concerning the Windsor Forest, and the Temple of Fame. By Mr. Dennis, printed for E. Curl, 1717, price 1s. 6d.

Satires on the tranflators of Homer, Mr. P. and Mr. T. Anon. [Bez. Morris] 1717, price 6d.

The Triumvirate; or, a Letter from Palaemon to Celia at Bath. Anon. [Leonard Welfted] 1711, folio, price is.

The Battle of Poets; an heroic poem. By Tho. Cooke, printed for J. Roberts, folio, 1725.

Memoirs of Lilliput. Anon. [Eliza Haywood] octavo, printed in 1727.

An Effay on Criticism, in profe. By the Author of the Critical Hiftory of England [J. Oldmixon] octavo, printed 1728.

Gulliveriana and Alexandriana; with an ample preface and critique on Swift and Pope's Miscellanies. By Jonathan Smedley, printed by J. Roberts, octavo, 1728.

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Characters of the Times; or, an account of the writings, characters, &c. of feveral gentlemen libelled by S- and P-, in a late Miscellany, octavo, 1728. Remarks on Mr. Pope's Rape of the Lock, in letters to a friend. By Mr. Dennis; written in 1724, though not printed till 1728, octavo.

VERSES, LETTERS, ESSAYS, or ADVERTISEMENTS, in the PUBLIC PRINTS.

British Journal, Nov. 25, 1727. A Letter on Swift and Pope's Miscellanies. [Writ by M. Concanen.] Daily Journal, March 18, 1728. A Letter by Philomauri. James-Moore Smith.

Id. March 29. A Letter about Therfites; accufing the author of difaffection to the Government. By James-Moore Smith.

Mift's Weekly Journal, March 30. An Effay on the Arts of a Poet's finking in reputation; or, a Supplement to the Art of Sinking in Poetry. [Suppofed by Mr. Theobald.]

Daily Journal, April 3. A Letter under the name of Philo-ditto. By James-Moore Smith.

Flying Poft, April 4. A Letter against Gulliver and Mr. P. [By Mr. Oldmixon.]

Daily Journal, April 5. An Auction of Goods at Twickenham. By James-Moore Smith.

The Flying Poft, April 6. A Fragment of a Treatife upon Swift and Pope. By Mr. Oldmixon.

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The Senator, April 9. On the fame. By Edward Roome.

Daily Journal, April 8. Advertisement by JamesMoore Smith.

Flying Poft, April 13. Verfes against Dr. Swift, and against Mr. P-'s Homer. By J. Oldmixon. Daily Journal, April 23. Letter about the tranflation of the character of Therfites in Homer. By Thomas Cooke, &c.

Mift's Weekly Journal, April 27. A Letter of Lewis Theobald.

Daily Journal, May 11. A Letter against Mr. P. at large. Anon. [John Dennis.

All these were afterwards reprinted in a pamphlet, entituled, a Collection of all the Verses, Effays, Letters, and Advertisements occafioned by Mr. Pope and Swift's Mifcellanies, prefaced by Concanen, Anonymous, octavo, and printed for A. Moore, 1728, price is. Others of an elder date, having lain as waste Paper many years, were, upon the publication of the Dunciad, brought out, and their Authors betrayed by the mercenary Bookfellers (in hopes of some posfibility of vending a few) by advertising them in this manner" The Confederates, a farce. By Capt. Breval (for which he was put into the Dunciad.) An Epilogue to Powel's Puppet-fhow. By Col. Ducket (for which he was put into the Dunciad.) Effays, &c. By Sir Richard Blackmore. (N. B. It was for a paffage of this book that Sir Richard was put into the Dunciad.)" And fo of others.

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