/ · 1894 Brewer’s · B · Baviad (The)
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A merciless satire by Gifford on the Della Cruscan poetry, published 1794. The word is from Virgil’s Eclogue, iii. 9.
He may with foxes plough, and milk he-goats,
Who praises Bavius or on Mævius dotes.”
E. C. B.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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