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Also Known As	parōidía

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parody of “The New Massachusetts Liberty Song”

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Key People

Henry Fielding, frontispiece to Fielding's Works (1st ed., 1762), engraving by James Basire after a drawing by William Hogarth

Henry Fielding

English author

Alec Baldwin wearing a dark suit and tie, smiling in front of a blue backdrop at a gala.

Alec Baldwin

American actor

Harte

Bret Harte

American writer

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Horace Smith

English writer

Beerbohm, Sir Max

Max Beerbohm

British humorist

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William Edmondstoune Aytoun

Scottish poet

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Monique Wittig

French writer

Frere, John Hookham

John Hookham Frere

English diplomat and writer

Wessel, Johan Herman

Johan Herman Wessel

Danish author

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Jean Molinet

French poet and chronicler