English Satires, by Various, et al

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Editor

Smeaton, William Henry Oliphant, 1856-1914

Title

English Satires

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E-text prepared by Lynn Bornath and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net)

Language

English

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PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

Subject

Satire, English

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16126

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Release Date

June 24, 2005

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ENGLISH SATIRES
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.INTRODUCTION.
5. 5.WILLIAM LANGLAND. — I. PILGRIMAGE IN SEARCH OF DO-WELL.
6. 6.GEOFFREY CHAUCER. — PORTRAITS FROM THE CANTERBURY TALES. — II. AND III. THE MONK AND THE FRIAR. — II. — III.
7. 7.JOHN LYDGATE. — IV. THE LONDON LACKPENNY.
8. 8.WILLIAM DUNBAR. — V. THE DANCE OF THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — IX. — X.
9. 9.SIR DAVID LYNDSAY. — VI. SATIRE ON THE SYDE TAILLIS—ANE SUPPLICATIOUN DIRECTIT TO THE KINGIS GRACE—1538.
10. 10.BISHOP JOSEPH HALL. — VII. ON SIMONY. — VIII. THE DOMESTIC TUTOR'S POSITION. — IX. THE IMPECUNIOUS FOP.
11. 11.GEORGE CHAPMAN. — X. AN INVECTIVE WRITTEN BY MR. GEORGE CHAPMAN AGAINST MR. BEN JONSON.
12. 12.JOHN DONNE. — XI. THE CHARACTER OF THE BORE.
13. 13.BEN JONSON. — XII. THE NEW CRY. — XIII. ON DON SURLY.
14. 14.SAMUEL BUTLER. — XIV. THE CHARACTER OF HUDIBRAS. — XV. THE CHARACTER OF A SMALL POET.
15. 15.ANDREW MARVELL. — XVI. NOSTRADAMUS'S PROPHECY.
16. 16.JOHN CLEIVELAND. — XVII. THE SCOTS APOSTASIE.
17. 17.JOHN DRYDEN. — XVIII. SATIRE ON THE DUTCH. — XIX. MACFLECKNOE. — XX. EPISTLE TO THE WHIGS.
18. 18.DANIEL DEFOE. — XXI. INTRODUCTION TO THE TRUE-BORN ENGLISHMAN.
19. 19.THE EARL OF DORSET. — XXII. SATIRE ON A CONCEITED PLAYWRIGHT.
20. 20.JOHN ARBUTHNOT. — XXIII. PREFACE TO JOHN BULL AND HIS LAW-SUIT. — XXIV. THE HISTORY OF JOHN BULL. — XXV. EPITAPH UPON COLONEL CHARTRES.
21. 21.JONATHAN SWIFT. — XXVI. MRS. FRANCES HARRIS' PETITION. — XXVII. ELEGY ON PARTRIDGE. — THE EPITAPH. — XXVIII. A MEDITATION UPON A BROOM-STICK. — XXIX. THE RELATIONS OF BOOKSELLERS AND AUTHORS. — XXX. THE EPISTLE DEDICATORY TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE POSTERITY.
22. 22.SIR RICHARD STEELE. — XXXI. THE COMMONWEALTH OF LUNATICS.
23. 23.JOSEPH ADDISON. — XXXII. SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY'S SUNDAY.
24. 24.EDWARD YOUNG. — XXXIII. TO THE RIGHT HON. MR. DODINGTON.
25. 25.JOHN GAY. — XXXIV. THE QUIDNUNCKIS.
26. 26.ALEXANDER POPE. — XXXV. THE DUNCIAD—THE DESCRIPTION OF DULNESS. — XXXVI. SANDYS' GHOST; OR, A PROPER NEW BALLAD OF THE NEW OVID'S METAMORPHOSES, AS IT WAS INTENDED TO BE TRANSLATED BY PERSONS OF QUALITY. — XXXVII. SATIRE ON THE WHIG POETS. — XXXVIII. EPILOGUE TO THE SATIRES.
27. 27.SAMUEL JOHNSON. — XXXIX. THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES. — XL. LETTER TO THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD.
28. 28.OLIVER GOLDSMITH. — XLI. THE RETALIATION. — XLII. THE LOGICIANS REFUTED. — XLIII. BEAU TIBBS, HIS CHARACTER AND FAMILY.
29. 29.CHARLES CHURCHILL. — XLIV. THE JOURNEY.
30. 30.JUNIUS. — XLV. TO THE KING.
31. 31.ROBERT BURNS. — XLVI. ADDRESS TO THE UNCO GUID, OR THE RIGIDLY RIGHTEOUS. — XLVII. HOLY WILLIE'S PRAYER. — EPITAPH ON HOLY WILLIE.
32. 32.CHARLES LAMB. — XLVIII. A FAREWELL TO TOBACCO.
33. 33.THOMAS MOORE. — XLIX. LINES ON LEIGH HUNT.
34. 34.GEORGE CANNING. — L. EPISTLE FROM LORD BORINGDON TO LORD GRANVILLE. — LI. REFORMATION OF THE KNAVE OF HEARTS.
35. 35.POETRY OF THE ANTI-JACOBIN. — LII. THE FRIEND OF HUMANITY AND THE KNIFE-GRINDER. — LIII. SONG BY ROGERO THE CAPTIVE.
36. 36.COLERIDGE AND SOUTHEY. — LIV. THE DEVIL'S WALK.
37. 37.SYDNEY SMITH. — LV. THE LETTERS OF PETER PLYMLEY—ON "NO POPERY".
38. 38.JAMES SMITH. — LVI. THE POET OF FASHION.
39. 39.WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR. — LVII. BOSSUET AND THE DUCHESS OF FONTANGES.
40. 40.GEORGE, LORD BYRON. — LVIII. THE VISION OF JUDGMENT. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — IX. — X. — XI. — XII. — XIII. — XIV. — XV. — XVI. — XVII. — XVIII. — XIX. — XX. — XXI. — XXII. — XXIII. — XXIV. — XXV. — XXVI. — XXVII. — XXVIII. — XXIX. — XXX. — XXXI. — XXXII. — XXXIII. — XXXIV. — LIX. THE WALTZ. — LX. "THE DEDICATION" IN DON JUAN. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — IX. — X. — XI. — XII. — XIII. — XIV. — XV. — XVI. — XVII.
41. 41.THOMAS HOOD. — LXI. COCKLE v . CACKLE.
42. 42.LORD MACAULAY. — LXII. THE COUNTRY CLERGYMAN'S TRIP TO CAMBRIDGE.
43. 43.WINTHROP MACKWORTH PRAED. — LXIII. THE RED FISHERMAN; OR, THE DEVIL'S DECOY. — LXIV. MAD—QUITE MAD.
44. 44.BENJAMIN DISRAELI (LORD BEACONSFIELD). — LXV. POPANILLA ON MAN.
45. 45.ROBERT BROWNING. — LXVI. CRISTINA. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — LXVII. THE LOST LEADER. — I. — II.
46. 46.WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY. — LXVIII. PISCATOR AND PISCATRIX. — LXIX. ON A HUNDRED YEARS HENCE.
47. 47.ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH. — LXX. SPECTATOR AB EXTRA. — LE DINER. — PARVENANT.
48. 48.C.S. CALVERLEY. — LXXI. "HIC VIR, HIC EST."

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