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language of journalism (journalese) and the literary use
of language had not yet been brought about, we find in
the eighteenth and early nineteenth century that some of
the principal men of letters contributed to the
newspapers or made a living by writing.
But Pope peopled his Dunciad with these very figures, for
his perceptions and criticisms were not personal or based on a
private point of view. Rather he was concerned with a total
change. It is significant that this change is not specified until
the fourth book of The Dunciad , which came out in 1742. It is
after introducing the famous classics master, Dr. Busby of
Westminster school, that we hear the ancient and especially
Ciceronian theme concerning the excellence of man (IV, ll. 147­
50):