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 148
by the number, ratherthan by the strength, of his assailants, very few ofwhom were for their talent worthy of his notice, andthose who did possess talent were in general the leastdeserving of his attacks. In 1730, when the uproaroccasioned by the Dunciad was still at its height, aballad, entitled… … POPE AND CURLL. But wit and he so close are linkd, In vain is all their pother;They never can demolish one, Without destroying tother. In Hogarths engraving of The Distressed Poet, apicture attached to the wall of the poets room, in thefirst edition of the print, represents Pope triumphingover…
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