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Call her Cockatrice and Siren,
Basilisk, and all that’s evil,
Witch, Hyena, Mermaid, Devil,
Ethiop, Wench, and Blackamoor,
Monkey, Ape, and twenty more

— Charles Lamb

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The Reflector, 4 (1811); The Works of Charles Lamb, 2 vols. (London: Ollier, 1818)

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