The Force Of Satire
JACOB JOHNSON, the publisher, having refused to advance Dryden a sum of
money for a work upon which he was engaged, the incensed bard sent a
message to him, and the following lines, adding, Tell the dog that he
who wrote these can write more:--
With leering looks, bull-necked, and freckled face,
With two left legs, and Judas-colored hair,
And frowsy pores, that taint the ambient air!
Johnson felt the force of the description; and, to avoid, a completion
of the portrait, immediately sent the money.