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William King 1663-1712, English poet. He supported the Tory and High Church party. He is noted for his humorous and satirical writings, which include Dialogues of the Dead (attacks against Richard Bentley, pub. 1699) and Miscellanies in Prose and Verse (1709).

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King, William (1663–1712), a writer of burlesques, satires, and light verse, much of which was published anonymously. In his Dialogues of the Dead (1699) he joined Charles Boyle in the attack on Bentley. (See Battle of the Books.)

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