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Author name:
"Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)"
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Politics of Author:
"Supporter of Pitt"
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Gender of Author:
"Male"
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Nationality of Author:
"English"
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Literary Period:
"French Revolution"
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"Industrial Revolution"
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Metaphor Category:
"Liquid"
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Date: 1807-8
"[T]hrough the cells / And channels of his phrensy-stricken brain / Rage and confusion rush'd; the solemn peal / Broke on his ear like his salvation's knell, / Whilst his vext conscience struggled, but too late, / To rend th' insatiate demon from his heart"
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Date: 1807-8
"So minds debas'd can torture gen'rous acts: / And thus, by terrors haunted, hunger-pinch'd, / Hag-ridden by the demon at their hearts, / Suspicious, tost from thought to thought, they watch'd / The lagging hours of night"
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