What warehouses of masks and dominoes furnished a cover to the nakedness of their shame?
Edmund Burke: “What warehouses of masks and dominoes furnished a cover to the nakedness of their shame?”
Editor's note · Context
Burke uses metaphor to express disdain for the deceptive appearances of political leaders.
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