Note 35 — AN ESSAY UPON SATIRE.
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The unfortunate duke; the qualities of whose mind did not correspond to his exterior accomplishments. Rochester says of him,—
But, now we talk of Maestricht, where is he Famed for that brutal piece of bravery? He, with his thick impenetrable scull, The solid hardened armour of a fool, Well might himself to all war's ills expose, Who, come what will, yet had no brains to lose.