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... Absalom and Achitophel , written against the faction which , by lord Shaftesbury's incitement , set the duke of Monmouth at its head . Of this poem , in which personal satire was applied to the support of publick principles , and in ...
... Absalom and Achitophel , written against the faction which , by lord Shaftesbury's incitement , set the duke of Monmouth at its head . Of this poem , in which personal satire was applied to the support of publick principles , and in ...
Page 164
... Absalom Senior to Settle , by quoting in his verses against him the second ... Absalom , appeared with equal courage in opposition to the Medal , and ... Achitophel , and was perhaps for his factious audacity made the city poet ...
... Absalom Senior to Settle , by quoting in his verses against him the second ... Absalom , appeared with equal courage in opposition to the Medal , and ... Achitophel , and was perhaps for his factious audacity made the city poet ...
Page 179
... Absalom and Achitophel , with blasphemy . that can be truly accused of obscenity , immorality , DRYDEN 179.
... Absalom and Achitophel , with blasphemy . that can be truly accused of obscenity , immorality , DRYDEN 179.
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