pasquinade
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Excerpt from Author Feuchtwanger's pasquinade: He opened up his checkbook to the sky But the sky showed no expression.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is an angry pasquinade on an absurd book advocating polygamy on Biblical grounds, by the Rev. Martin Madan, Cowper's quondam spiritual counsellor.
From Cowper by Smith, Goldwin
That Goth and Vandal have not wrought more havoc than emperors, people, and popes is recorded in the pasquinade on Urban VIII.
From Rome by Malleson, Hope
The inscription, a very poor one, excited considerable ridicule, and a pasquinade was circulated lamenting the absence of the nine Muses on the occasion of its composition.
From Cuba Past and Present by Davey, Richard
A pasquinade, comparing his reign to that of Nero, was affixed to the palace gate.
From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by Draper, John William
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