The hungry judges soon the sentence sign,
And wretches hang that jurymen may dine.

Alexander Pope

The Rape of the Lock

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Legal system

Author

Alexander Pope

Source

The Rape of the Lock

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1714 1710s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Occupation

Poet Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Pope, Alexander. The Rape of the Lock. London: Bernard Lintott, 1714, canto 3, l. 21.

Current Citation

Pope, Alexander. "The Rape of the Lock." Alexander Pope: The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009, canto 3, I. 21.

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Theodicy

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Time
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Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm. Theodicy: Essays on the Goodness of God and Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil. 1710, pt. 1.

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