Note 41 — Chapter II · ENGLISH SATIRE FROM DRYDEN TO BYRON
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In A Postscript he speaks of “the unmeaning and noisy lines of two things called Baviad and Mæviad”; while in a note to Out at Last, or the Fallen Minister, he presents a sketch of Gifford’s life, accusing him of heinous crimes, and speaking of the “awkward and obscure inversions and verbose pomposity” of the Baviad. Gifford replied in the Epistle to Peter Pindar (1800). Mathias and Canning invariably treated Pindar with contempt.