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Quotation from The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope
“The hungry Judges soon the sentence sign, And wretches hang that jury-men may dine;”
The Rape of the Lock, Canto III, lines 21-22 (Gutenberg #9800: The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems, ed. Thomas Marc Parrott (Boston: Ginn, 1906))
A sudden glimpse of real injustice beyond the fashionable world.
Citation: "The hungry Judges soon the sentence sign, And wretches hang that jury-men may dine;" — Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock, Canto III, lines 21-22 (Gutenberg #9800: The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems, ed. Thomas Marc Parrott (Boston: Ginn, 1906)). (id the-rape-of-the-lock-q4)
