Excerpt from The Rise of Formal Satire in England, Vol. 7: Under Classical Influence In the second place, it will perhaps furnish aid in the making up of the full account, yet to be written, of English life in the period covered. For this reason the references of the various satirists to contemporary characteristics and customs have been arranged in regular lists of "objects satirized," so as to form a sort of running index to allusions more or less...