The setting sun; or, Devil amongst the placemen. To which is added ... a parody on The beggar's opera, by Cervantes Hogg. 3 vols. [in 1]. |
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Pagina xii
... With greater ease than public scorn ; That all affronts do still give place To your impenetrable face , That makes your way through all affairs , As pigs through hedges creep with theirs ; Yet , as ' tis counterfeit , and brass , xli.
... With greater ease than public scorn ; That all affronts do still give place To your impenetrable face , That makes your way through all affairs , As pigs through hedges creep with theirs ; Yet , as ' tis counterfeit , and brass , xli.
Pagina xix
... affair ; but who , that has heard Mrs. Clarke's own ac- count of herself , can for a moment suppose that the sacrifice would have ended there ? No ; Mrs. Clarke is a skip angler , who only plays with a fish to drag it more se- curely to ...
... affair ; but who , that has heard Mrs. Clarke's own ac- count of herself , can for a moment suppose that the sacrifice would have ended there ? No ; Mrs. Clarke is a skip angler , who only plays with a fish to drag it more se- curely to ...
Pagina 32
... affairs at home , and plundering their subjects— 66 Fools as gross As ign'rance , or bigotry made drunk . ” The oceans of blood shed in the subsequent religious wars and massacres had much the same origin - the knavery of few , and the ...
... affairs at home , and plundering their subjects— 66 Fools as gross As ign'rance , or bigotry made drunk . ” The oceans of blood shed in the subsequent religious wars and massacres had much the same origin - the knavery of few , and the ...
Pagina 53
... affairs , but with a very faint prospect of it for the present , we will proceed with our guess : -If Buonaparté succeed in Spain , ( of which the most sceptical can now scarcely entertain a doubt ) he will attempt to humble to his feet ...
... affairs , but with a very faint prospect of it for the present , we will proceed with our guess : -If Buonaparté succeed in Spain , ( of which the most sceptical can now scarcely entertain a doubt ) he will attempt to humble to his feet ...
Pagina 58
... affairs , Nor trust to others ' eyes , and others ' ears . Of cur and vizier similar the deed , A sim❜lar punishment the king decreed . Such an example of their pow'rful chief Struck terror into ev'ry lesser thief ; Economy brought ...
... affairs , Nor trust to others ' eyes , and others ' ears . Of cur and vizier similar the deed , A sim❜lar punishment the king decreed . Such an example of their pow'rful chief Struck terror into ev'ry lesser thief ; Economy brought ...
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Termeni și expresii frecvente
abuses affairs arms BEGGAR'S OPERA bishops blood brave Britain British Britons Buonaparté Castlereagh city of London Colonel Wardle constitution convention of Cintra convention-mongers corruption court courtier cries crown dare dear DEVIL AMONGST disgraceful Doctor DONKEYMAN DOODLER Duke duty emperor enemy Europe ev'ry expedition expence eyes fools France FRED French friends give glory hand head honest honor hope horse house of commons HUDIBRAS hundred inquiry Jacobin king late laugh liberty lord Castlereagh lord mayor Ma'am majesty majesty's Mary Anne Clarke ment merrily we live minister ministerial MOLL monarch nation never occasion officers parish parliament Perceval person petition PLACEMEN present princes proved purse rank reign rogues rotten borough royal SANDMAN servants SHARP Sir William Spain subjects thing thou throne tion Tom Brown Tory TRAPES Whigs whilst whole
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Pagina 80 - Come on, sir; here's the place: — stand still. — How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Pagina 98 - And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
Pagina 98 - And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint; therefore was his name called Edom.
Pagina 22 - WHEN civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out, they knew not why ; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears, And made them fight, like mad or drunk, For Dame Religion, as for punk ; VOL.
Pagina 111 - How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear Charmer away!
Pagina 88 - O Lord our God, arise! Scatter his enemies, And make them fall; Confound their politics, Frustrate their knavish tricks: On Thee our hopes we fix — God save us all!
Pagina 78 - Permit me, sire, further to observe, that whoever has already dared, or shall hereafter endeavour, by false insinuations and suggestions, to alienate your majesty's affections from your loyal subjects in general, and from the city of London in particular...
Pagina 117 - Not thus the land appear'd in ages past, A dreary desert, and a gloomy waste, To savage beasts and savage laws a prey, And kings more furious and severe than they...
Pagina 98 - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same?
Pagina 3 - Tis woman that seduces all mankind, By her we first were taught the wheedling arts: Her very eyes can cheat; when most she's kind, She tricks us of our money with our hearts.