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Behind a veil, unseen yet present, I was the forceful soul that moved this mighty body. - Jean Racine Attribution: Jean Racine (1639–1699), French playwright. Agrippina, in Britannicus, act 1, sc. 1 (1669). Agrippina is speaking of her manipulation of the Roman Senate.

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Encyclopedia:

• Racine, Jean (The Oxford Companion to English Literature)

Salem on Literature:

• Jean Racine (Dictionary of World Biography: The 17th and 18th Centuries)
• Jean Racine (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
• Jean Racine (Critical Survey of Drama)

Literary Criticism:

• Racine, Jean (Vol. 113) (Literary Criticism (1400-1800))
• Racine, Jean (Vol. 28) (Literary Criticism (1400-1800))

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