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The Dunciad

Poem by Alexander Pope

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    A student reads to an audience the epic poems of Sir Richard Blackmore and the sermons of John ("Orator") Henley to find out which is the more soporific; his audience fall asleep with boredom. Etching by C. Grignion after F. Hayman.

    Francis Hayman | Date: [between 1750 and 1759?] | Reference: 2497721i
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    A new book of the Dunciad . Occasioned by Mr. Warburton's new edition of The Dunciad complete. By a gentleman of one of the Inns of Court. With several of Mr. Warburton's own Notes, and likewise Notes Variorum.

    William Dodd | Date: 1750
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    An essay on satire, particularly on the Dunciad. By Mr. Walter Harte ... To which is added, A discourse on satires, arraigning persons by name. By Monsieur Boileau

    Harte, Walter, 1709-1774. | Date: 1730
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    The works of Alexander Pope, Esq Vol. III. Part II. Containing the Dunciad, Book IV. And the memoirs of Scriblerus. Never before printed.

    Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744. | Date: MDCCXLII. [1742]
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    The key to the defence of the Lord Provost. To my Lord Provost

    | Date: 1776]

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