But he has a notable talent at burlesque; his genius slides so naturally into it, that he had burlesqued Homer without designing it.* Mr. POPE tricked his Subscribers. It is indeed somewhat bold, and almost prodigious, for a single man to undertake such a work. But it is too late to dissuade by demonstrating the madness of the project. The Subscribers' expectations have been raised in proportion to what their pockets have been drained of. Pope has been concerned in jobs, and hired out his name to booksellers.‡ Names bestowed on Mr. POPE. An APE.] Let us take the initial letter of his Christian name, and the initial and final letters of his surname, viz. A P E, and they give you the same idea of an Ape as his face,§ &c. An Ass. It is my duty to pull off the Lion's skin from this little Ass.|| A FROG. A squab, short Gentleman-a little creature, that, like the Frog in the Fable, swells, and is angry that it is not allowed to be as big as an Ox.¶ Dennis's Rem. p. 28. British Journ. Nov. 25, 1727. A COWARD.] Dennis, Daily Journal, May 11, 1728. Dennis, Rem. on Hom. Pref. ¶ Dennis's Rem. on the Rape of the Lock, Pref. p. 9. A COWARD.] A Clinias or a Damætas, or a man of Mr. Dryden's own courage.* A KNAVE.] Mr. Dryden has heard of Paul, the Knave of Jesus Christ. And, if I mistake not, I have read somewhere of John Dryden, Servant to his Majesty.t A FOOL. Had he not been such a self-conceited Fool. Some great Poets are positive Blockheads.§ A THING.] So little a Thing as Mr. Dryden.|| * Page 176. + Page 57. Whip and Key, Pref. || Ibid. p. 35. A COWARD.] A lurking way-laying coward.* A KNAVE. He is one whom God and Nature have marked for want of common honesty.† A FOOL.] Great Fools will be christened by the names of great Poets, and Pope will be called Homer.‡ A THING. A little abject Thing.§ *Char. of Mr. P. p. 3. Dennis, Rem. on Homer, p. 37. + Ibid. INDEX OF PERSONS CELEBRATED IN THIS POEM. [The first Number shews the Book, the second the VERSE.] ATTILA, iii. 92. Alaric, iii. 91. A. Alma Mater, iii. 338. Annius, an antiquary, iv. 347. Atterbury, Dr. iv. 246. B. Blackmore, Sir Richard, i. 104. ii. 259. 302. 370. Banks, i. 146. Broome, ibid. Bond, ii. 126. Brown, iii. 28. Bladen, iv. 560. Budgel, Esq. ii. 397. Benlowes, iii. 21. Bavius, iii. 24. Benson, William, iii. 325. iv. Burgersdyck, iv. 198. Bruin and Bears, i. 101. Bear and Fiddle, i. 224. Burnet, Thomas, iii. 179. Barrow, Dr. iv. 245. C. Cibber, Colley, Hero of the Poem, passim. Cibber, sen. i. 31. Cibber, jun. iii. 139. 326. Curl, Edm. i. 40. ii. 3. 58. 167, &c. Cook, Thomas, ii. 138. Concanen, Matthew, ii. 198.299. Centlivre, Susannah, ii. 411. Codrus, ii. 144. Congreve, ii. 124. Chesterfield, Lord, iv. 43. D. De Foe, Daniel, i. 103. ii. 147. |