1798
ENGLISH POETRY 1579-1830: SPENSER AND THE TRADITION
Thomas James Mathias
Occident, "On the Author of the Pursuits of Literature" Whitehall Evening Post (23 August 1798).
Commentary for
Thomas James Mathias:
1779 ca.: William Cole
1796: Charles Lamb
1796: Frances Burney
1797: George Steevens
1797: Thomas Green
1798: Philomathes
1798: Anonymous
1798: Anonymous
1798: George Steevens
1798: Occident
1799: George Chalmers
1799: Dr. John Aikin
1799: Anonymous
1799: Anonymous
1800: Dr. Nathan Drake
1800: Anonymous
1801: Alexander Thomson
1803: William Roscoe
1804: Rev. William Herbert
1811: Lord Byron
1814: John Taylor Esq.
1815: William Henry Ireland
1817: Frances Burney
1826: Charles MacFarlane
1832: John Taylor Esq.
1834: Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges
1856: Samuel Rogers
1887: P. W. Clayden
Commentary by
Occident:
1798: Thomas James Mathias
A fancied Poet, foe to Truth and Freedom,
Scribbles Greek notes, to shew you he can read 'em,
On Worth and Talents wreaks his envious grudge,
But quite mistakes the Hangman for the Judge.