Wolcot, John
(Dodbrooke, Devonshire 1738-1819 Montgomery Cottage, Somers Town) : Dichter, Satiriker, Arzt
Name Alternative(s)
Wolcott, John
Pindar, Peter
Subjects
Index of Names : Occident
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Literature : Occident : Great Britain
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Medicine and Pharmacy
Chronology Entries (2)
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| 1 | 1792 |
[Wolcott, John]. Odes to Kien Long the present emperor of China [ID D27194]. Er schreibt in der Einführung : To the Emperor of China. Dear Kien Long, At length an opportunity presents itself for conversing with the second Potentate upon earth, George the Third being most undoubtedly the first, although he never made verses. Thy praises of Moukden, thy beautiful little Ode to Tea, &c. have afforded me infinite delight ; and to gain my plaudit, who am rather difficult to please, will, I assure thee, be a feather in thy imperial cap… Now to the point. – As Lord Macarntey, with his most splendid retinue, is about to open a trade with thee, in the various articles of tin, blankets, woolen in general, &c. &c. in favour of the two Kingdoms ; why might not a literary commerce take place between the Great Kien Long, and the no less celebrated Peter Pindar ? Thou art a man of rhymes – and so am I. Thou art a genius of uncommon versatility – so am I. Thou art an enthusiast to the Muses – so am I. Thou art a lover of novelty – so am I. Thou art an idolater of Royalty – so am I. With such a congeniality of mind, in my God's name, and thine, let us surprise the world with an interchange of our lucubrations, both for its improvement and delight. And so shew thee that I am not a literary swindler, unable to repay thee for goods I may receive from thy Imperial Majesty, I now transmit specimens of my talents, in Ode, Ballad, Elegy, Fable, and Epigram. I am, dear Kien Long, Thy humble Servant and brother Poet, P. Pindar. |
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| 2 | 1795 |
Thomas James Mathias Imperial Epistle from Kien Long was indebted to William Mason's poem and also to the stanzaic Odes to Kien Long by John Wolcot. Earl Macartney's embassy in China from 1792 to 1794 to establish relations with that nation and to prevent mistreatment of British subjects in the Orient had vigorously stimulated interest in things Chinese. Wolcot satirized Macartney and the English king, but Mathias made his epistle a Tory weapon against Whigs. Sheridan is attacked in this poetic letter with particular ferocity, but all the variously shaded Whigs from Fox to Portland pass the Chinese Emperor in fancied review. In a pleasantly imaginative passage, Mathias' Emperor of China clothes Pitt in oriental magnificence : While thus they pass, my Mandarins should bend, And to my throne Pitts' palanquin attend ; Trumpets of Outong-Chu his praise unfold, And steely crescents gleam in semblance bold ; With repercussive notes from impulse strong Air thunders, rolls the drum, and groans the Gong ; Flambeaux of odorous wood, and lanterns bright In eastern prodigality of light... |
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Bibliography (3)
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| 1 | 1792 |
[Wolcot, John]. Odes to Kien Long the present emperor of China ; with The Quakers, a tale ; To a fly, drowned in a bowl of punch. By Peter Pindar, Esq. (London : Printed for H.D. Symonds, and Robertson and Berry, Edinburgh, 1792). http://books.google.com/books?oe=UTF-8&hl=de&id=0q Zb2Mck9igC&q=kien+long#v=snippet&q=kien%20long&f=false. |
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| 2 | 1794 |
[Wolcot, John]. Ode to the Lion ship of war, On her Return with the Embassy from China. In : Pindariana : or Peter's portfolio. Containing Tale, Fable ... Letters. With extracts from Tragedy, Comedy, Opera, &c. By Peter Pindar, Esq. (London : Printed by T. Spilsbury and Son, 1794). http://www.archive.org/details/pindarianaorpete00pind. |
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| 3 | 1817 |
[Wolcot, John]. A most solemn and important epistle to the Emperor of China, on his uncourtly and impolitic behaviour to the sublime ambassadors of Great Britain. By Dr. John Wolcot, olim Peter Pindar, Esq. (London : Published by Walker and Edwards, 1817). http://books.google.com/books?id=4U_QZ5WL8EoC&oe=UTF-8. |
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