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PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
PAOK
THE DUNCIAD.
INTRODUCTION TO THE DUNCIAD
A LETTER TO THE PUBLISHER, OCCASIONED BY THE FIRST CORRECT
EDITION OF THE DUNCIAD
MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS: HIS PROLEGOMENA AND ILLUSTRATIONS TO
THE DUNCIAD. WITH THE HYPER-CRITICS OF ARISTARCHUS
TESTIMONIES OF AUTHORS CONCERNING OUR POET AND HIS WORKS.
MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS OF THE POEM
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APPENDICES:-
I. Preface Prefixed to the Five First Imperfect Editions of
the Dunciad
II. A List of Books, Papers, and Verses, in which our Author
was Abused
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III. Advertisement to the First Edition with Notes, in Quarto,
IV. Advertisement to the First Edition of the Fourth Book of
the Dunciad, when Printed separately in the Year 1742
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APPENDICES-continued.
V. Advertisement to the Complete Edition of 1743
VI. Advertisement Printed in the Journals, 1730
VII. A Parallel of the Characters of Mr. Dryden and Mr. Pope,
as Drawn by certain of their Contemporaries
VIII. A Copy of Caxton's Preface to his Translation of Virgil
IX. Virgilius Restauratus
X. Of the Poet Laureate
INDEX OF PERSONS CELEBRATED IN THIS POEM
INDEX OF MATTERS CONTAINED IN THIS POEM AND NOTES
REPRINT OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THE DUNCIAD
NOTES ON EDITIONS OF THE DUNCIAD
EDITOR'S NOTES
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VII. ON THE MONUMENT OF THE HON. ROBERT DIGBY AND
OF HIS SISTER MARY.
EPITAPHS-continued.
XIV. ON EDMUND DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM
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XV. FOR ONE WHO WOULD NOT BE BURIED IN WESTMINSTER
PROLOGUE TO THE "THREE HOURS AFTER MARRIAGE".
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PROLOGUE DESIGNED FOR MR. D'URFEY'S LAST PLAY
416
A PROLOGUE TO A PLAY FOR MR. DENNIS'S BENEFIT, IN 1733 417
EPILOGUE TO MR. ROWE'S "JANE SHORE".
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"MITATIONS OF ENGLISH POETS
I. CHAUCER.
II. SPENSER: THE ALLEY
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III. WALLER OF A LADY SINGING TO HER LUTE
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ON A FAN OF THE AUTHOR'S DESIGN, IN WHICH WAS
PAINTED THE STORY OF CEPHALUS AND PROCRIS,
WITH THE MOTTO, "AURA VENI"
VII. DR. SWIET: THE HAPPY LIFE OF A COUNTRY PARSON. 437
IGRAMS AND INSCRIPTIONS.
FROM THE GRUB STREET JOURNAL.
ON MRS. TOFTS
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EPITAPH ON G.
EPIGRAM ON THE TOASTS OF THE KIT-KAT CLUB
AN EMPTY HOUSE
ANSWER TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTION OF MRS. Howe
ON A CERTAIN LADY AT COURT
ON CERTAIN LADIES
CELIA
EPIGRAM ENGRAVED ON THE COLLAR OF A DOG.
ON A PICTURE OF QUEEN CAROLINE
THE LOOKING-GLASS
ON BEAUFORT HOUSE GATE AT CHISWICK
UPON THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH'S HOUSE AT WOODSTOCK.
LINES TO LORD BATHURST
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ON DRAWINGS OF THE STATUES OF APOLLO, VENUS, AND
HERCULES.
OCCASIONED BY SOME VERSES OF HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF
BUCKINGHAM
INSCRIPTION ON A PUNCH-BOWL.
ON THE COUNTESS OF BURLINGTON CUTTING PAPER
LINES ON SWIFT'S ANCESTORS
ON SEEING THE LADIES AT CRUX-EASTON WALK IN
WOODS BY THE GROTTO
INSCRIPTION ON A GROTTO, THE WORK OF NINE LADIES