"Retortive" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... their hands they bore, And lawless acts of ministerial power. Some injured right in every page appears, A king in terrors and a land in tears; From all his guileful plots the veil they drew, With eye retortive look'd creation thro, Traced moral nature thro her total plan, Markt all the steps of liberty and man; Crowds rose to reason while their accents rung. And ...
— The Columbiad • Joel Barlow |
