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in Dryden’s satire of Absalom and Achitophel, means Holland; Egypt means France.
“I mourn, my countrymen, your lost estate …
Now all your liberties a spoil are made.
Egypt and Tyrus intercept your trade.”
Part i. 700–707.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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