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PC.768.093
1-8 Aug 1768:2201, 2203 (81)
. . . [26 lines, introduction, relating the following to the
present times, signed] Jack Whiteoak. August 2, 1768.
Aristophanes has an old whim in one of his comedies: "He
introduces a chief person in the play, endeavouring to
persuade a man that made sausages to resolve upon meddling
with affairs of state. . . [1/2 column describing scene. Top
of next column:]
Monsieur le Clerc, taking notice of this scene, says, "The
character was drawn for Cleon, who was a troublesome orator,
an enemy to the best men of the country, and to the greatest
rulers of that government. He says the poet very justly
exposed this person in his play; who having never given the
least proof of his sincerity or love of his country, had yet
made himself considerable, by affecting a false zeal for the
interest of the people, and by living at open variance with
the nobility and the senate." . . . [1/2 column more]
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