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 24
Eaton Stannard Barrett. commerce should be annihilated , rather than the British should engross so large a share of it ! -Has he not , in pursuance of this fiend- like project , interdicted the commerce of Europe , and of the United ...
Eaton Stannard Barrett. commerce should be annihilated , rather than the British should engross so large a share of it ! -Has he not , in pursuance of this fiend- like project , interdicted the commerce of Europe , and of the United ...
Pagina 46
... British , a successful defence . But when the king , queen , and princes , had so indelibly disgraced themselves and the nation , as to leave the kingdom , and to throw themselves at the feet of a known despiser of all honor , to accuse ...
... British , a successful defence . But when the king , queen , and princes , had so indelibly disgraced themselves and the nation , as to leave the kingdom , and to throw themselves at the feet of a known despiser of all honor , to accuse ...
Pagina 53
... a desperate wound on the British empire in India , if he shall not be able to glut his revenge by its total annihilation . We trust that Buonaparte's E 3 THE SETTING SUN . 53 the absolute dominion, which belongs to him- ...
... a desperate wound on the British empire in India , if he shall not be able to glut his revenge by its total annihilation . We trust that Buonaparte's E 3 THE SETTING SUN . 53 the absolute dominion, which belongs to him- ...
Pagina 59
... British , in their flight , killed all the horses that were over fatigued or wounded , and which might em- barrass their retreat . It is scarcely credible ( he adds ) how that spectacle , so shocking to our manners , of hundreds of ...
... British , in their flight , killed all the horses that were over fatigued or wounded , and which might em- barrass their retreat . It is scarcely credible ( he adds ) how that spectacle , so shocking to our manners , of hundreds of ...
Pagina 63
... British Isles ) and taken in doses suited to the constitution , fasting . John Bull . - Fasting ! I hate the very sound . Fasted only t'other day ; pretty near come to't every day , I think ; fasting never was suited to a British ...
... British Isles ) and taken in doses suited to the constitution , fasting . John Bull . - Fasting ! I hate the very sound . Fasted only t'other day ; pretty near come to't every day , I think ; fasting never was suited to a British ...
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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.