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Churchill's early poems ably continue the established tradition of heroic satire . The Rosciad is a series of biting portraits of contemporary actors and actresses , but there is nothing in it that Dryden had not done more brilliantly ...
Churchill's early poems ably continue the established tradition of heroic satire . The Rosciad is a series of biting portraits of contemporary actors and actresses , but there is nothing in it that Dryden had not done more brilliantly ...
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king , he was frequently banished from Court for his scandalous exploits and satiric writings . He took Elizabeth Barry as ... A Satire Against Mankind His greatest poem , A Satyr against Mankind , is something far more significant .
king , he was frequently banished from Court for his scandalous exploits and satiric writings . He took Elizabeth Barry as ... A Satire Against Mankind His greatest poem , A Satyr against Mankind , is something far more significant .
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It is his satire that is most interesting , and in it he differs from others who write in that vein , for his satire is never that of a prig , and it is characteristic of him that he always seems to include himself in his denunciations ...
It is his satire that is most interesting , and in it he differs from others who write in that vein , for his satire is never that of a prig , and it is characteristic of him that he always seems to include himself in his denunciations ...
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