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... Declaration , by the Author The Dunciad . ......... To Dr. Swift . Book I ...... To Ditto ...... Book II ... To Ditto ...... Book III ....... To Ditto ...... Book IV ... Index of Persons .......... 174 ......... 175 177 196 224 ...
... Declaration , by the Author The Dunciad . ......... To Dr. Swift . Book I ...... To Ditto ...... Book II ... To Ditto ...... Book III ....... To Ditto ...... Book IV ... Index of Persons .......... 174 ......... 175 177 196 224 ...
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... declare I know no more than my lord - mayor , They stand amazed , and think me grown The closest mortal ever known . Thus in a sea of folly toss'd , My choicest hours of life are lost ; • Yet always wishing to retreat : O , could I ...
... declare I know no more than my lord - mayor , They stand amazed , and think me grown The closest mortal ever known . Thus in a sea of folly toss'd , My choicest hours of life are lost ; • Yet always wishing to retreat : O , could I ...
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... declare , he has my love : I shun his zenith , court his mild decline ; Thus Somers once and Halifax were mine . Oft in the clear still mirror of retreat I studied Shrewsbury , the wise and great : Carleton's calm sense and Stanhope's ...
... declare , he has my love : I shun his zenith , court his mild decline ; Thus Somers once and Halifax were mine . Oft in the clear still mirror of retreat I studied Shrewsbury , the wise and great : Carleton's calm sense and Stanhope's ...
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... I had a private one . I am one of that number who have long loved and esteemed Mr. Pope ; and had often declared it was not his capacity or writings , ( which we ever thought the least valuable part of his character 92 THE DUNCIAD .
... I had a private one . I am one of that number who have long loved and esteemed Mr. Pope ; and had often declared it was not his capacity or writings , ( which we ever thought the least valuable part of his character 92 THE DUNCIAD .
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... declare , since the vouchers themselves will be so soon and so irrecoverably lost . You may , in some measure , prevent it , by preserving at least their titles1 , and discovering ( as far as you can depend on the truth of your ...
... declare , since the vouchers themselves will be so soon and so irrecoverably lost . You may , in some measure , prevent it , by preserving at least their titles1 , and discovering ( as far as you can depend on the truth of your ...
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