John Wolcot (baptised 9 May 1738 – 14 January 1819) was an English satirist, who wrote under the pseudonym of "Peter Pindar".
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Peter Pindar (baptized May 9, 1738, Dodbrooke, Devonshire, England—died January 14, 1819, London) was an English writer of a running commentary in satirical...
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The Works of Peter Pindar Esq With A Copious Index. Peter Pindar. He had great wit and humour and was very successful at coining effective phrases.
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Howard D. Weinbrot here collects thirteen of his most important essays on Restoration and eighteenth-century British satire. Divided into sections on...
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1827 Dove's English Classics: Gifford's Baviad and Maeviad: Pasquin v. Faulder: Epistle to Peter Pindar & Byron's English Bards and Scotch Reviews.
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Shop A Rowland for an Oliver; Or a Poetical Answer to the Benevolent Epistle of Mr. Peter Pindar [pseud, i.e. John Wolcot]. Also the Manuscript Odes,...
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Kipling exhorts Western powers to take up the “burden” of civilizing non-Western peoples, portraying imperialism as a moral obligation fraught with hardship.
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