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Pasquin  n.  A lampooner; also, a lampoon. See Pasquinade. "The Grecian wits, who satire first began, Were pleasant pasquins on the life of man."






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"Pasquin" Quotes from Famous Books



... angle of the palace which Pius VI., (Braschi,) with paternal liberality, built for the residence of his family, before the French Revolution put an end to such beneficence, stands the famous statue of Pasquin, giving its name to the square upon which it looks. It is little more now than a mere trunk of marble, bearing the marks of blows and long hard usage. But even in this mutilated condition it shows traces of excellent workmanship ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. VI.,October, 1860.—No. XXXVI. - A Magazine Of Literature, Art, And Politics • Various

... the brightest and merriest of roles. In passing to the Comedie-Francaise, this role, which at the Comedie-Italienne was played by Harlequin, was introduced under the name of Pasquin. It is possible that the personage of Harlequin has descended from the Greek plays, in which there appeared an actor filling a similar role and dressed in the skin of a goat or a tiger; but so early an origin, even if it could be proved, would not serve to explain the costume ...
— A Selection from the Comedies of Marivaux • Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux



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