ABSTRACT
From a footnote to Nightmare Abbey, ch. 10. Having attacked Burke for political apostasy Peacock brings the same charge against Southey. Although Peacock had referred to Southey as ‘the incomparable’ in 1809, he felt that Southey’s motives for accepting the Laureateship were hypocritical and selfish. Much of the satire of Sir Proteus is directed against Southey and he is frequently ridiculed in Peacock’s novels.
