poetaster

• Handel's retorts to him have been reproduced as if they were outbursts of righteous indignation against a snarling poetaster, but, in view of many other records of Handel's rough tongue and genial humour (in which he seems often to have resembled Brahms), we need not take them too seriously. —  Handel
• In the same way, where you find a poet, still more a poetaster, there you may feel certain you will light upon a patron. —  The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1
• It should have taught him that a scene where a pitiful poetaster, backed by mob-favour and the word of a Rochester, could eclipse his glory, was no scene for him; and he ought instantly, with proud humility, to have left the theatre for ever. —  The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes
• But from the effect which a perusal of the tragedy here condemned had upon myself, and from the opinions of some eminent criticks, I venture to pronounce that it has much poetical merit; and its authour has distinguished himself by several performances which shew that the epithet poetaster was, in the present instance, much misapplied. —  Life of Johnson, Volume 5 Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774)
• 182). Had it not been for this 'poetaster,' Kenilworth might never have been written. —  Life of Johnson, Volume 5 Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774)

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