The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 3Ingram, Cooke, 1853 |
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... dunces , " as Johnson said ; but he had more delight in seeing how well he could vex them . He put forth all his strength in the effort , and his success was commensurate with the labour . None of his works seem to have gone so rapidly ...
... dunces , " as Johnson said ; but he had more delight in seeing how well he could vex them . He put forth all his strength in the effort , and his success was commensurate with the labour . None of his works seem to have gone so rapidly ...
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... dunces gave birth to the Dunciad , the latter could not have been completed before 1728. The poet , however , states ( see Notes at the end of the poem ) that the Dunciad was written in 1726 , and published in the following year . ] 7 ...
... dunces gave birth to the Dunciad , the latter could not have been completed before 1728. The poet , however , states ( see Notes at the end of the poem ) that the Dunciad was written in 1726 , and published in the following year . ] 7 ...
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... dunces in her cause appear'd , And all who knew those dunces to reward . Amid that area wide they took their stand , Where the tall Maypole once o'erlook'd the Strand , But now ( so Anne and Piety ordain ) A church collects the saints ...
... dunces in her cause appear'd , And all who knew those dunces to reward . Amid that area wide they took their stand , Where the tall Maypole once o'erlook'd the Strand , But now ( so Anne and Piety ordain ) A church collects the saints ...
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... dunces , not to scorn your God . " 49 215 220 Thus he , for then a ray of reason stole Half through the solid darkness of his soul ; But soon the cloud return'd - and thus the sire : " See now , what Dulness and her sons admire ! See ...
... dunces , not to scorn your God . " 49 215 220 Thus he , for then a ray of reason stole Half through the solid darkness of his soul ; But soon the cloud return'd - and thus the sire : " See now , what Dulness and her sons admire ! See ...
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... dunces , or the patrons of them ; all these crowd around her ; one of them , offering to approach her , is driven back by a rival , but she commends and encourages both . The first who speak in form are the geniuses of the schools , who ...
... dunces , or the patrons of them ; all these crowd around her ; one of them , offering to approach her , is driven back by a rival , but she commends and encourages both . The first who speak in form are the geniuses of the schools , who ...
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