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'A SATIRE AGAINST MANKIND'

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with an Epilogue by John Wilmot ,
Earl of Rochester (1647-1680)
Read by William Devlin
Rochester was the first of the English dandies: a famous rake and a wit. His poem ' A Satire against Mankind,' a powerful attack on the egotism and van:ty of the court of Chaties II , was first printed as an anonymous broadsheet in 1679. (The recorded broadcast of Sept. 30)

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Unknown:
John Wilmot
Read By:
William Devlin
Unknown:
Chaties Ii
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