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No government can ever be safe that's founded

DMI number:
37442
First Line:
No government can ever be safe that's founded
Last Line:
That he's the greatest slave whom none but slaves obey
Poem Genre / Form:
Extract / snippet from longer work and Blank verse
Themes:
Fate / fortune / providence, Liberty, Politics, The monarchy (heads of state), and Virtue / vice
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Author:
Joseph Trapp
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Absolute (100%)
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Content/Publication
Title:
The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry, extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets [T115504] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
p.296
Poem Title:
The Unsteadiness of an arbitrary Government, and the Misery of a despotic Prince. [Trap.]
Attribution:
Trap.
Attributed To:
Joseph Trapp
Title:
The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry, extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets. [T119553] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
p.275
Poem Title:
The Unsteadiness of an arbitrary Government, and the Misery of a despotic Prince. [Trap.]
Attribution:
Trap.
Attributed To:
Joseph Trapp
Title:
The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry; extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets ... The fourth edition [T121136] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
p.275
Poem Title:
The Unsteadiness of an arbitrary Government, and the Misery of a despotic Prince. [Trapp.]
Attribution:
Trapp.
Attributed To:
Joseph Trapp
Title:
The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry; extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets. ... The fifth edition [T202612] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
p.275
Poem Title:
The Unsteadiness of an arbitrary Government, and the Misery of a despotic Prince. [Trapp.]
Attribution:
Trapp.
Attributed To:
Joseph Trapp