His foppery without the help of sense
- DMI number:
- 5612
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- His foppery without the help of sense
- Last Line:
- An eminent fool must be a man of parts
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Character, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Characters and Dunces
- Author:
- John Wilmot
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from 'A letter from Artemisia in the town to Chloe in the Country'. Vieth (1968): 104-112.
- First Line:
- He was a fool through choice not want of wit
- Last Line:
- An eminent fool must be a man of parts
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- Athenian sport: or two thousand paradoxes; with improvements from Boyle, Lock, Norris and other illustrious wits [T93435]
- Page No(s):
- p.358
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
Poem Aliases
Rochester. Letter from Artemisia.
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