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... satire , The Medal , 1681 , to satirize this mark of popular favour . These satires provoked a vast number of attacks , to one of which only Dryden condescended to reply . " The Medal of John Bayes , " by Shadwell , an inferior poet and ...
... satire , The Medal , 1681 , to satirize this mark of popular favour . These satires provoked a vast number of attacks , to one of which only Dryden condescended to reply . " The Medal of John Bayes , " by Shadwell , an inferior poet and ...
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... satire he is unrivalled , but the nature of his satire is too often cruelly bitter and severe ; the morbid fits from which he suffered more or less throughout life had their marked effect upon his intellect , and while under their ...
... satire he is unrivalled , but the nature of his satire is too often cruelly bitter and severe ; the morbid fits from which he suffered more or less throughout life had their marked effect upon his intellect , and while under their ...
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... satire on all literary men who might possibly have sympathized with the attack on his fame . Byron's satire met with marked success , and his name became famous . The same year he started with Hobhouse for a two years ' sojourn on the ...
... satire on all literary men who might possibly have sympathized with the attack on his fame . Byron's satire met with marked success , and his name became famous . The same year he started with Hobhouse for a two years ' sojourn on the ...
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