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."

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

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

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