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Page 47
... observation , the unequal conteft of an old , dull , debauched buffoon Cyclops , with the heaven - directed favourite of Minerva ; who , af- ter having quietly borne all the monster's obscene and impious ribaldry , endeth the farce in ...
... observation , the unequal conteft of an old , dull , debauched buffoon Cyclops , with the heaven - directed favourite of Minerva ; who , af- ter having quietly borne all the monster's obscene and impious ribaldry , endeth the farce in ...
Page 48
... observe how much juster the moral of that poem must needs be , where so important a question is pre- vioufly decided . But then it is not every knave , nor ( let me add ) every fool , that is a fit fubject for a Dunciad . There must ...
... observe how much juster the moral of that poem must needs be , where so important a question is pre- vioufly decided . But then it is not every knave , nor ( let me add ) every fool , that is a fit fubject for a Dunciad . There must ...
Page 67
... observe that humanity and candour , which every where ap- pears in him towards those unhappy objects of the ridicule of all mankind , the bad poets . He here imputes all scandalous rhymes , scurrilous weekly papers , base flatteries ...
... observe that humanity and candour , which every where ap- pears in him towards those unhappy objects of the ridicule of all mankind , the bad poets . He here imputes all scandalous rhymes , scurrilous weekly papers , base flatteries ...
Page 106
... observe how exactly some of these verses suit with their allegorical application here to a plagiary : There seems to me a great propriety in this Episode , where such an one is i- maged by a phantom that deludes the grasp of the ...
... observe how exactly some of these verses suit with their allegorical application here to a plagiary : There seems to me a great propriety in this Episode , where such an one is i- maged by a phantom that deludes the grasp of the ...
Page 175
... observing how the lustful shepherd looks at her . It must be , as the sense plainly demands , " How his eyes take fire ? " " And measure every piece of youth about me ! Ibid . " That , tho ' I wore disguises for some ends . She had but ...
... observing how the lustful shepherd looks at her . It must be , as the sense plainly demands , " How his eyes take fire ? " " And measure every piece of youth about me ! Ibid . " That , tho ' I wore disguises for some ends . She had but ...
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