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... Dunciad . In the following year ( 1728 ) he began to put Atterbury's advice in practice ; and shewed his satirical powers by publish- ing the Dunciad , one of his greatest and most elaborate per- formances , in which he endeavoured to ...
... Dunciad . In the following year ( 1728 ) he began to put Atterbury's advice in practice ; and shewed his satirical powers by publish- ing the Dunciad , one of his greatest and most elaborate per- formances , in which he endeavoured to ...
Pagina 333
... Dunciad , of which the design is to ridicule such studies as are either hopeless or useless , as either pursue what is unattainable , or what , if it be attained , is of no use . When this book was printed ( 1742 ) the laurel had been ...
... Dunciad , of which the design is to ridicule such studies as are either hopeless or useless , as either pursue what is unattainable , or what , if it be attained , is of no use . When this book was printed ( 1742 ) the laurel had been ...
Pagina 335
... Dunciad , in which he degraded Theobald from his painful pre- eminence , and enthroned Cibber in his stead . Unhappily the two heroes were of opposite characters , and Pope was unwilling to lose what he had already written ; he has ...
... Dunciad , in which he degraded Theobald from his painful pre- eminence , and enthroned Cibber in his stead . Unhappily the two heroes were of opposite characters , and Pope was unwilling to lose what he had already written ; he has ...
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