Excerpt from The Rise of Formal Satire in England, Vol. 7: Under Classical Influence This monograph was presented to the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Pennsylvania in partial fulfillment of the requirements made of candidates for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. It was the intention of the author to rewrite the dissertation for publication, bringing it into a somewhat less formal and more readable shape. On consideration, however, it seemed (since the contents are such asto be of interest only to serio'us students, and that largely by way of reference) that the material presented would be perhaps even more serviceable in its present state than if enlarged and made. More pretentious of literary form. The monograph is printed, therefore, substan tially as originally written, with certain trifling additions, the material for which came to light during the time of preparation for the press. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.