The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of LecturesHarper, 1853 - 297 strani |
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Stran 156
... Dunciad " be not a humourist , if the poet of the " Rape of the Lock " be not a wit , who de- serves to be called so ? Besides that brilliant genius , and immense fame , for both of which we should respect him , men of letters should ...
... Dunciad " be not a humourist , if the poet of the " Rape of the Lock " be not a wit , who de- serves to be called so ? Besides that brilliant genius , and immense fame , for both of which we should respect him , men of letters should ...
Stran 181
... Dunciad , with a rueful precision , other pretty names , besides Ape , which Dennis called him . That great critic pronounced Mr. Pope was a little ass , a fool , a coward , a Papist , and therefore a hater of Scripture , and so forth ...
... Dunciad , with a rueful precision , other pretty names , besides Ape , which Dennis called him . That great critic pronounced Mr. Pope was a little ass , a fool , a coward , a Papist , and therefore a hater of Scripture , and so forth ...
Stran 183
... Dunciad " and the prose lampoons of Pope , one feels disposed to side against the ruthless little tyrant , at least to pity those wretched folks upon whom he was so unmerciful . It was Pope , and Swift to aid him , who es- tablished ...
... Dunciad " and the prose lampoons of Pope , one feels disposed to side against the ruthless little tyrant , at least to pity those wretched folks upon whom he was so unmerciful . It was Pope , and Swift to aid him , who es- tablished ...
Stran 184
... Dunciad : " and I believe in my heart that much of that obloquy which has since pursued our calling was oc- casioned ... Dunciad " concludes : ' - " She comes , she comes ! the sable throne behold ! Of night primeval and of Chaos ...
... Dunciad : " and I believe in my heart that much of that obloquy which has since pursued our calling was oc- casioned ... Dunciad " concludes : ' - " She comes , she comes ! the sable throne behold ! Of night primeval and of Chaos ...
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