ecrivante

Updated: May 27, 2025

It is believed, that he found his way into "The Dunciad," and that he is immortalised there among the "Canaille Ecrivante;" the line Where Tindal dictates and Silenus snores, is taken to be Pope's description of him. Gordon died in 1750; at the same time as Dr.

Cornelius Tacitus - The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; : With His Account of Germany, and Life of Agricola