He hath undertaken to translate Homer from the Greek, of which he knows not one word, into English, of which he understands as little.[498] I wonder how this gentleman would look, should it be discovered that he has not translated ten verses together in any book of Homer with justice to the poet, and yet he dares reproach his fellow-writers with not understanding Greek.[499] He has stuck so little to his original as to have his knowledge in Greek called in question.[500] I should be glad to know which it is of all Homer's excellencies which has so delighted the ladies, and the gentlemen who judge like ladies.[501] But he has a notable talent at burlesque; his genius slides so naturally into it, that he hath burlesqued Homer without designing it.[502] MR POPE TRICKED HIS SUBSCRIBERS. 'Tis indeed somewhat bold, and almost prodigious, for a single man to undertake such a work; but 'tis too late to dissuade by demonstrating the madness of the project. The subscribers' expectations have been raised in proportion to what their pockets have been drained of.[503] Pope has been concerned in jobs, and hired out his name to booksellers.[504] NAMES BESTOWED ON MR POPE. An Ape.--Let us take the initial letter of his Christian name, and the initial and final letters of his surname, viz., A P E, and they give you the same idea of an ape as his face,[505] &c. An Ass.--It is my duty to pull off the lion's skin from this little ass.[506] A Frog.--A squab short gentleman--a little creature that, like the frog in the fable, swells, and is angry that it is not allowed to be as big as an ox.[507] A Coward.--A lurking, way-laying coward.[508] A Knave.--He is one whom God and nature have marked for want of common honesty.[509] A Fool.--Great fools will be christened by the names of great poets, and Pope will be called Homer.[510] A Thing.--A little abject thing.[511] INDEX OF PERSONS CELEBRATED IN THIS POEM. THE FIRST NUMBER SHOWS THE BOOK; THE SECOND, THE VERSE. Ambrose Philips, i. 105; iii. 326. Attila, iii. 92. Alaric, iii. 91. Alma Mater, iii. 388. Annius, an antiquary, iv. 347. Arnall, William, ii. 315. Addison, ii. 124, 140. Atterbury, iv. 246. Blackmore, Sir Richard, i. 104; ii. 268. Bezaleel Morris, ii. 126; iii. 168. Banks, i. 146. Broome, ibid. Bond, ii. 126. Brown, iii. 28. Bladen, iv. 560. Budgel, Esq., ii. 337. 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. Benson, William, Esq., iii. 325; iv. 110. Burgersdyck, iv. 198. Boeotians, iii. 50. Bruin and Bears, i, 101. Bear and Fiddle, i. 224. Burnet, Thomas, iii. 179. Bacon, iii. 215. Barrow, Dr, iv. 245.