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Dunciad, the

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A satire of Pope's in four books, the "fiercest" as well as the best of his satires, in which, with merciless severity, he applies the lash to his critics, and in which Colley Cibber figures as the King of Dunces.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Dunciad, the'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​d/dunciad-the.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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