. The knight of the woeful countenance going to extirpate the National Assembly . Print shows Edmund Burke as Don Quixote, wearing armor, carrying lance and shield labeled 'Shield of Aristocracy and Despotism,' riding a donkey, emerging from the doorway to the 'Dodsley Bookseller' the publisher of Burke's 'Reflections on the French Revolution' which hangs from the horn of the saddle. The head of the donkey has a human face and wears the triple-tiered crown of the pope; depicted on the shield are scenes of torture and death, and a view of the Bastille. 15 November 1790 344 Knight of the woeful
. The knight of the woeful countenance going to extirpate the National Assembly . Print shows Edmund Burke as Don Quixote, wearing armor, carrying lance and shield labeled 'Shield of Aristocracy and Despotism,' riding a donkey, emerging from the doorway to the 'Dodsley Bookseller' the publisher of Burke's 'Reflections on the French Revolution' which hangs from the horn of the saddle. The head of the donkey has a human face and wears the triple-tiered crown of the pope; depicted on the shield are scenes of torture and death, and a view of the Bastille. 15 November 1790 344 Knight of the woeful countenance 05424u
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