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People are sooner reclaimed by the side-wind of a surprise than by downright admonition.
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Birth: | 17th December, 1616 |
Death: | 11th December, 1704 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Author, Pamphleteer |
Roger L'Estrange was an English pamphleteer, author and staunch defender of Royalist claims. L'Estrange was involved in political controversy throughout his life. Perhaps his best known polemical pamphlet was An Account of the Growth of Knavery, which ruthlessly attacked the parliamentary opposition, placing them as "dissenting fanatics" and truly beyond the pale.
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