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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—P

Pharaoh

in Dryden's satire of Absalom and Achitophel, means Louis XIV. of France.

If Pharaoh's doubtful succour he [Charles II.] should use,
A foreign aid would more incense the Jews [English nation].
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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