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On what foundation stands the warrior's pride

DMI number:
23588
First Line:
On what foundation stands the warrior's pride
Last Line:
By interest prudence and by flattery pride
Poem Genre / Form:
Extract / snippet from longer work and Couplet
Themes:
Hopelessness / vanity of life
Related People
Author:
Samuel Johnson
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Extract from The Vanity of Human Wishes. Fleeman (1971): 87-91.
Content/Publication
Title:
The Repository [P6328] [ecco]
Page No(s):
pp.153-157
Poem Title:
The Vanity of Human-Wishes. (Continued and concluded.)
Attribution:
Attributed To:
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