"Tyranny Absolves all faith; and who invades our rights, Howe'er his own commence, can never be But an usurper."
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Gustavus Vasa (1739), act 4, sc. 1
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Henry Brooke (writer)
Henry Brooke (1703 – 10 October 1783) was an Irish novelist and dramatist.
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