| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 1960 |
| AUTHOR: | John Dryden (16311700) |
| QUOTATION: | Such subtle Covenants shall be made, Till Peace it self is War in Masquerade. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | JOHN DRYDEN, Absalom and Achitophel, part 2, lines 26869, p. 9 (1682, reprinted 1970).
A variant of the second part, And Peace it self is War in Masquerade, appears earlier in the poem, part 1, line 752, p. 23. |
| SUBJECTS: | War and peace |
| WORKS: | John Dryden Collection | | |
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