not to hope that those who can read for themselves, will be impofed upon, merely by a partiality and unfeafonably celebrated Name *. “Poetis quidlibet audendi” fhall be Mr. Dryden's Motto, though it should extend to picking of pockets v. Names beftowed on Mr. DRYDEN. An APE.] A crafty Ape dreft up in a gawdy gown -Whips put into an Ape's paw, to play pranks with -None but Apish and Papish brats will heed him 2. An Ass.] A camel will take upon him no more burden than is sufficient for his strength, but there is another beast that crouches under all a A FROG.] Poet Squab endued with Poet Maro's Spirit! an ugly, croaking kind of Vermin, which would fwell to the bulk of an Ox b. A COWARD.] A Clinias or a Damætas, or a man of Mr. Dryden's own Courage c. A KNAVE.] Mr. Dryden has heard of Paul, the. Knave of Jefus Chrift: And if I mistake not, I've read fomewhere of John Dryden, Servant to his Majefty d. A FOOL.] Had he not been fuch a felf-conceited Fool.-Some great Poets are pofitive Blockheads f. A THING.] So little a Thing as Mr. Dryden 8. for a fingle man to undertake fuch a work: But it is too late to diffuade by demonftrating 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 Bookfellers w. Names bestowed on Mr. POPE. An APE.] Let us take the initial letter of his Chrif tian name, and initial and final letters of his furname, viz. A PE, and they give you the fame Idea of an Ape as his Face *, &c. An Ass.] It is my duty to pull off the Lion's skin' from this little Afs y. A FROG.] A fquab fhort Gentleman-a little creature that, like the Frog in the Fable, fwells, and is angry that it is not allowed to be as big as an Ox2. A COWARD.] A lurking, way-laying coward a. A KNAVE.] He is one whom God and nature have marked for want of common honesty b. A FOOL.] Great Fools will be chriftened by the names of great Poets, and Pope will be called Homer c. A THING.] A little abject Thing d. u Homerides, p. 1, &c. w British Journal, Nov. 25, 1727. * Dennis, Daily Journal, May 11, 1728. y Dennis's Rem. on Hom. Pref. z Dennis's Rem. on the Rape of the Lock, Pref. p. 9. a Char. of Mr. P. p. 3. on Homer, p. 37. b Ibid. c Dennis's Rem. The first Number fhews the Book, the second the VERSE. A A MBROSE Philips, i. 105. iii. 326. Attila, iii. 92. Alaric, iii. 91. Alma Mater, iii. 338. Annius, an antiquary, iv. 347. Arnal, William, ii. 315. B BLACKMORE, Sir Richard, i. 104. ii. 268. Befaleel Morris, ii. 126. iii. 168. Banks, i. 146. Broome, ibid. Bond, ii. 126. Brown, iii. 28. Bladen, iv. 560. Budgel, Efq. ii. 397. Bentley, Richard, iv. 201. Bentley, Thomas, ii. 205. Boyer, Abel, ii. 413. Bland, a Gazetteer, i. 231. Breval, J. Durant, ii. 126. 238. Benlowes, iii. 21. Bavius, ibid. Burmannus, iv. 237. Benfon, William, Efq. iii. 325. iv. 110. gerfdick, iv. 198, Boeotians, Boeotians, iii. 50. Bruin and Bears, i. 101. Bear and Fiddle, i. 224. C CIBBER, Colley, Hero of the Poem, paffim. Cibber, jun. iii. 139. 326. Caxton, William, i. 145. Curll, Edm. i. 40, ii. 3. 58. 167, &c. Cooke, Thomas, ii. 138. Concanen, Matthew, ii. 299. Centlivre, Sufannah, ii. 411. Cæfar in Ægypt, i. 251. Chi Ho-am-ti, emperor of China, iii. 75. Codrus, ii. 144. D DE FOE, Daniel, i. 103. ii. 147. De Foe, Norton, ii. 415. De Lyra, or Harpsfield, i. 153. Dennis, John, i. 106. ii. 239. iii. 173, Dunton, John, ii. 144. D'Urfey, iii. 146. Dutchmen, ii. 405. iii. 51. Doctors, at White's, i. 203. Douglas, iv. 394. E EUSDEN, Laurence, Poet Laureat, i. 104. Eliza Haywood, ii. 157, &c. FLECKNO, Richard, ii. 2. Fauftus, Dr. iii. 233. F GILDON, GILDON, Charles, i. 296. Gazetteers, i. 215. ii. 314. G Gregorians and Gormogons, iv. 575 H HOLLAND, Philemon, i. 154. Hearne, Thomas, iii. 185. Horneck, Philip, iii. 152. Haywood, Eliza, ii. 157, &c. Howard, Edward, i. 297. Henley, John, the Orator, ii. 2. 425. iii. 199, &c. Heywood, John, i. 98. Harpsfield, i. 153. |