William Gifford

William Gifford (April 1756 – 31 December 1826) was an English critic, editor and poet, famous as a satirist and controversialist.

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"For none become at once completely vile."

- William Gifford

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"None question whence it comes, but come it must."

- William Gifford

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"In all her charms, set Virtue in their eye, And let them see their loss, despair, and—die!"

- William Gifford

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"Gifford's Juvenal [is], probably, take it all in all, the very best version of a classic in the language."

- William Gifford

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