Quote #2
The world appears like a great family, Whose lord, oppressed with pride and poverty, (That to the few great bounty he may show) Is fain to starve the numerous train below.
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- A merry monarch, scandalous and poor.
- For pointed satire I would Buckhurst choose, The best good man with the worst-natured muse.
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