The Yahoo A Satirical Rhapsody (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Yahoo: A Satirical Rhapsody We now live in an enlightened age - what a consoling and heart-warming consideration - where the intellect is Spread out like an apothecary's plaster, and the mind marches on with the strides of a Captain Bobadil, or Major Stur geon; and every poor scribbler is sufficiently enlightened to know that if he wishes for pudding or praise, or is de sirons of eating apple-tarts and cream with the maids of honor, or venison and custard with the lord-mayor, he must glide quietly on with the stream, and be careful how he hints, in the most remote manner, at the folly and vices of the Cor inthian order. The most distant allusion to their depravity will be deemed jacobinism; theslightest observations on the dam ning creed of Athanasius, blasphemy and atheism, and rational remarks on the so much admired fustian in here or cat-lap namby-pamhy of Peter and his Ass, will stamp him a low-lived Goth, and totally disqualify him for ever associating with the be-whiskered dandies and painted dolls in high life. All he could then expect would be the reward of the poor poet, as described by Pope - a garret with broken windows, and half a' peek of coals; or to be admitted as a member of Foote's squad of scribblers, and start fair with them fora mess of milk porridge at breakfast time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.