pasquinade

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Excerpt from Author Feuchtwanger's pasquinade: He opened up his checkbook to the sky But the sky showed no expression.

From Time Magazine Archive

A pasquinade, comparing his reign to that of Nero, was affixed to the palace gate.

From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by Draper, John William

Moreover, Lady Mary was purely ignorant of Miss Townley's very existence when that pasquinade was written.'

From Parson Kelly by Lang, Andrew

A price of two thousand guldens was set on his head, which gave Vondel cause for another trenchant pasquinade.

From Vondel's Lucifer by Vondel, Joost van den

Charles II. feared the attempt of desperate men; and he might have forgiven Rochester a loose pasquinade, but not Cowley a solemn invocation.

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac