In the pasquinade, however, his right arm is raised and he holds up Lady Liberty's eternal flame. |
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That series had been preceded in 1963 by AJP Taylor's rather vulgar book, The First World War: An Illustrated History, and Oh, What a Lovely War!, Joan Littlewood's musical pasquinade. |
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Pasquinade, brief and generally anonymous satirical comment in prose or verse that ridicules a contemporary leader or national event. |
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Pasquinade is a word derived from the Italian word pasquillo, a diminutive of 'pasquiono', the place where pamphlets and satirical poems were posted up in Rome. |
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