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The collected works of William Hazlitt, Vol. 12 (of 12)

Note 43 — ON THE SPIRIT OF MONARCHY

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‘Of whatsoe’er descent his Godhead be,

Stock, stone, or other homely pedigree,

In his defence his servants are as bold

As if he had been made of beaten gold.’—Dryden.

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