England under the house of Hanover; : its history and condition during the reigns of the three Georges, illustrated from the caricatures and satires of the day. (1848)
Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877, Fairholt, F. W. (Frederick William), 1814-1866, artist, Brown, Joseph, fl. 1837-1886, engraver, Cook, Conrad, fl. 1831-1850, engraver, Urquhart, Francis Fortescue, former owner · London : Richard Bentley... · leaf 145
entitled Pope Alexan-ders Supremacy and In-fallibility examined, isprefaced by an engravingin which his portrait isplaced on the shouldersof a monkey—the per-sonality of the title ofPoet Pug, which wassometimes given to him.A poem called the Mar-tiniad, in allusion to theassumed title of… … POET PUG. 1729.] ATTACKS ON POPE. 125 A peevish wight, full fond of fame,And Martin Scribbler was his name ;Meager and wan, and steeple crownd,His visage long, and shoulders round.His crippled corpse two spindle pegsSupport, instead of human legs ;His shrivelld skin, of dusky grain,—A crickets…
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