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... Absalom'sConspiracy,a tract tracing how the Bible story came to be used for allegorical purposes. See The Harleian Miscellany (1811), VIII, 478 479; and R. F. Jones, "The Originality of 'Absalomand Achitophel,'" Modern Language Notes ...
... Absalom'sConspiracy,a tract tracing how the Bible story came to be used for allegorical purposes. See The Harleian Miscellany (1811), VIII, 478 479; and R. F. Jones, "The Originality of 'Absalomand Achitophel,'" Modern Language Notes ...
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... Absalom and Achitophel ( part 1 ) appeared in November 1681 ; part 2 ( mostly by Nahum Tate ) a year later ; The Medal was published in March 1682 and MacFlecknoe in October 1682. Thereafter he wrote no more straight satire ; but , with ...
... Absalom and Achitophel ( part 1 ) appeared in November 1681 ; part 2 ( mostly by Nahum Tate ) a year later ; The Medal was published in March 1682 and MacFlecknoe in October 1682. Thereafter he wrote no more straight satire ; but , with ...
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... ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL 1681-82 The true end of satire is the amend- ment of vices by correction . And he who writes honestly is no more an enemy to the offender than the physician to the patient , when he ... Absalom and Achitophel,
... ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL 1681-82 The true end of satire is the amend- ment of vices by correction . And he who writes honestly is no more an enemy to the offender than the physician to the patient , when he ... Absalom and Achitophel,
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