The title and structure of the poem suggest Pope
's Essay on Man, 1733-4. MSM
echoes Pope's lines repeatedly, turning their meaning to reflect her own different emphases. Where Pope sets out to vindicate...
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15 November 1763: The House of Lords learned of the existence...
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15 November 1763
The House of Lords
learned of the existence of the scurrilous, obscene Essay on Woman by Thomas Potter
and John Wilkes
, after its private, thirteen-copy edition for members of the Hell Fire Club
had...
