Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet in 1702. The relationship with Ann Ayscough lasted to the end of Sedley's life. His reputation as a wit and dissolute was partially responsible for the Sedleys of William Makepeace Thackeray's "Vanity Fair". His most famous song, "Phyllis is My Only Joy", is much more widely known now than the author's name. While Sedley chiefly produced light amatory verse and pastoral dialogues in the 1670s, he turned to satirical epigrams in the 1680s and 1690s. His "Epigrams: or, Court Characters" are modelled on the works of Martial. In his epigram "To Nysus", for example, Sedley describes the function of satire
Dobbin, Texas population of 175. The number of residents fell to a low of 106 by the mid-1960s, but rose to 170 in the early 1970s. The population remained consistent throughout the latter half of the twentieth century. Despite its unincorporated status, Dobbin continues to have a functioning post office (zip code: 77333). Public education in the community of Dobbin is provided by the Montgomery Independent School District, but used to be provided by the Dobbin Independent School District, that had only one operating school, first to fifth grade. In 1978, the Dobbin Independent School District was sold to the Montgomery Independent