The Dunciad: In Four BooksThis is a new edition of The Dunciad in Four Books of 1743, the culmination of the series of Dunciads which Alexander Pope produced over the last decade and a half of his life. It comprises not only a poem, but also a mass of authorial annotation and appendices, and this new edition is the only one available which gives all the verse and the prose in a clearly laid-out form, with a full modern commentary. |
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Page 99
... Passions . But in that state , the uncontrolled violence of the Passions would 12 and n . Dulness has Chaos for father and Night for mother ( see line 14 ) , a Miltonic gen- ealogy already suggested at the opening of ' Martinus ...
... Passions . But in that state , the uncontrolled violence of the Passions would 12 and n . Dulness has Chaos for father and Night for mother ( see line 14 ) , a Miltonic gen- ealogy already suggested at the opening of ' Martinus ...
Page 182
... passion at hearing some , and cried , " Sdeath ! that is my Thunder . ' 228. ] A mechanical help to the Pathetic ... passions . Compare Addison in Spectator 44 ( Bond 1965 : I , 186 ) . 230 235 240 Such happy arts attention can command ...
... passion at hearing some , and cried , " Sdeath ! that is my Thunder . ' 228. ] A mechanical help to the Pathetic ... passions . Compare Addison in Spectator 44 ( Bond 1965 : I , 186 ) . 230 235 240 Such happy arts attention can command ...
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... passion for Alexis throws out the second ; the calumny and railing in the third are not proper to that state of concord ; the eighth represents unlawful ways of procuring love by inchantments , and introduces a shepherd whom an inviting ...
... passion for Alexis throws out the second ; the calumny and railing in the third are not proper to that state of concord ; the eighth represents unlawful ways of procuring love by inchantments , and introduces a shepherd whom an inviting ...
Contents
The London area in the 1740s | 20 |
By Authority | 27 |
Testimonies of Authors | 43 |
Copyright | |
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