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begins her text by addressing her son in the tone of a homily: he is to profit by his father
's example. Thereafter, though her focus remains always on her husband, she has some...
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November 1681: John Dryden published his political satire...
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November 1681
John Dryden
published his political satire Absalom and Achitophel, at Charles II
's personal suggestion, just a week before the first Earl of Shaftesbury
's trial for treason.
Sherburn, George, and Donald F. Bond. The Restoration and Eighteenth Century. 2nd ed., Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1967.