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 13
... less a fool than devil , To other dogs scorns to be civil , And bids them keep their distance . The canine race each other jog , To see the muzzle , chain , and clog , With laughter nearly choking : But still the vicious cur they fear ...
... less a fool than devil , To other dogs scorns to be civil , And bids them keep their distance . The canine race each other jog , To see the muzzle , chain , and clog , With laughter nearly choking : But still the vicious cur they fear ...
Pagina 29
... less space than the walnut - shell , which is said to have contained a complete copy of Homer's Iliad ; and we cannot see why any others should be handed down to posterity , unless , indeed , by way of gibbeting them , as we serve mur ...
... less space than the walnut - shell , which is said to have contained a complete copy of Homer's Iliad ; and we cannot see why any others should be handed down to posterity , unless , indeed , by way of gibbeting them , as we serve mur ...
Pagina 33
... less ho- norable than the foregoing ones such as when two kings contend for a bit of barren land , which belongs to neither , and is worth nothing to neither of them ; when a queen , a royal mistress , is jealous of the power of a ...
... less ho- norable than the foregoing ones such as when two kings contend for a bit of barren land , which belongs to neither , and is worth nothing to neither of them ; when a queen , a royal mistress , is jealous of the power of a ...
Pagina 52
... less power , and our ministers more sense , when we may all reasonably expect more tolerance , and fewer taxes : Good Heav'n ! we pray thee quickly send the time , Authors may feed on somewhat else than rhyme ; And all mankind serve ...
... less power , and our ministers more sense , when we may all reasonably expect more tolerance , and fewer taxes : Good Heav'n ! we pray thee quickly send the time , Authors may feed on somewhat else than rhyme ; And all mankind serve ...
Pagina 55
... less hordes of relatives , bastards , parasites , dependants , mistresses , valets , & c . & c . He does , indeed , expend some money on opera- girls ; but then he sends them to amuse the emperor of Russia , or condescendingly per- mits ...
... less hordes of relatives , bastards , parasites , dependants , mistresses , valets , & c . & c . He does , indeed , expend some money on opera- girls ; but then he sends them to amuse the emperor of Russia , or condescendingly per- mits ...
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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.