Satirical poem · 1762–1763

The Ghost

by Charles Churchill

Churchill's rambling octosyllabic satire in four books, begun as an attack on the Cock Lane ghost hoax and growing into a gallery of attacks on Johnson, Mansfield and Warburton.

Contents · 4 parts

• Book Iabout 530 lines
• Book IIabout 810 lines
• Book IIIabout 1270 lines
• Book IVabout 1930 lines

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