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Definition of Satires
1. satire [n] - See also: satire
Lexicographical Neighbors of Satires
Literary usage of Satires
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of English Poetry by William John Courthope (1903)
"Milton, in the worst style of controversy, fell, for lack of argument, upon the
title of his adversary's satires, which Hall had rather pointlessly called ..."
2. The History of English Poetry: From the Close of the Eleventh Century to the by Thomas Warton (1840)
"IN the same year, 1598, soon after the, appearance of Hall's satires, ...
»'all's satires are entered only the thirtieth day of March preceding. c Of this ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"There was much more of unjust judgment in Pope's satires and ... Pope's satires
give the concentrated essence of the bitterness of the opposition. ..."
4. The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of by Lionel Strachey (1906)
"PACE satires (Boileau) . . x, 139 satires (Horace) . . xv, 89 satires (Juvenal) .
. xv, 119 satires (Persius) . . xv, 114 Sayings (Confucius) . xv, ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"A twofold interest attaches to the satires. In the first place the author skilfully
parodies and ... The satires had raised up a crowd of enemies against ..."
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