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McAllister

A wronged versifier who paid in advance for a promised portrait, only to find the painter's conscience as empty as his own rhyme-stocked purse.

supporting

Also known as XIX McAllister

First appearance: poetry

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The insolent attorney being addressed and condemned for his mercenary lies and attacks on the press.
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In To an Insolent Attorney: The insolent attorney being addressed and condemned for his mercenary lies and attacks on the press. Later, in XIX: Subject of the epitaph; a person of rich talents who cared only for the…

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DEDeathJEJohn EricssonPPPixley PashaTMThe MasterJMJudge MurphyMCMcAllister

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  • Other

Character groups

  • Legal and Judicial Characters
  • Personifications and Named Characters
  • Titled and Historical Figures
  • Diverse Allegorical and Named Figures

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  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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