The other was a lifelong friend of Swift who shaped the English comedy of manners with such plays as The Judgment of Paris and The Double-Dealer.
The full name's the same. One was an inventor and artillery officer whose rockets were based on those used by Hyder Ali against the British at Seringapatam. Used to bombard Boulogne, Copenhagen, and Danzig during the Napoleonic Wars, his "rocket's red glare" at Fort McHenry inspired Key. The other was a lifelong friend of Swift who shaped the English comedy of manners with such plays as The Judgment of Paris and The Double-Dealer. FTP, what is the common name of these men, the latter of whom wrote The Way of the World?
The full name's the same. One was an inventor and artillery officer whose rockets were based on those used by Hyder Ali against the British at Seringapatam.
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