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… the Irish poet Thomas Moore, shared this passion with him. Moore, however, parodied Egan’s Boxiana in a little-known satire published in 1819, Tom Crib’s Memorial to Congress, 12 in which the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle is described like … the Prince Regent, who had been caricatured as ‘the Prince of Whales’ due to his corpulence. Moore clearly shows in his satire that he had read Egan, yet he ironically mentions his proximity with the ‘Millenarians of the Holy League’, i.e. … to Congress. With a Preface, Notes, and Appendix. By One of the Fancy (London, 1819). 13 . Moore clearly shows in his satire that he had read Egan, yet he ironically mentions his proximity with the ‘Millenarians of the Holy League’, i.e. …
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