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Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin: Comprising the Celebrated Political and Satirical Poems, of the Rt. Hons. G. Canning, John Hookham Frere, W. Pitt, the Marquis Wellesley, G. Ellis, W. Gifford, the Earl of Carlisle, and Others.

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Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin: Comprising the Celebrated Political and Satirical Poems, of the Rt. Hons. G. Canning, John Hookham Frere, W. Pitt, the Marquis Wellesley, G. Ellis, W. Gifford, the Earl of Carlisle, and Others.

English poetry; France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Poetry; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1789-1820

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 THE GIANT FACTOTUM AMUSING HIMSELF.                     (FRONTISPIECE.)

    PITT, with his right hand is playing at cup and
    ball; the latter being a globe to denote his
    influence over foreign countries as well as at home.
    His right foot is supported by DUNDAS and
    WILBERFORCE, and is extended to be submissively
    kissed by his ministerial followers, foremost of
    whom is CANNING. With his left foot he has crushed
    the Opposition. On the same side is a document
    labelled “Resources for supporting the War,” with a
    collection of coin, evidently destined for foreign
    subsidies. On his right side are various official
    returns of volunteers, seamen, regulars, and
    militia. He is thus prepared to carry on the war
    abroad, and maintain tranquillity at home.

 THE FRIEND OF HUMANITY AND THE KNIFE-GRINDER.           Page 23

    Scene, the Borough of Southwark, with a portrait of
    GEORGE TIERNEY, its able and radical representative.
    Published Dec. 4, 1797, as a graphic illustration of
    the Parody of Southey’s poem, _The Widow_.

 LORD LONGBOW, THE ALARMIST, DISCOVERING THE MISERIES OF
   IRELAND.                                              Page 78

    A characteristic portrait of the gallant and
    excellent EARL OF MOIRA, afterwards MARQUIS OF
    HASTINGS, and Governor-General of India. The
    engraving is in ridicule of his complaint, in the
    House of Lords, of the cruelties exercised by the
    Government troops on the Irish Rebels. In the
    distance is seen Moll Coggin, an Irish witch,
    mounted on a black Ram with a blue tail, and on the
    hill an Oak-boy, carrying an uprooted oak, on the
    branches of which are numerous swans—in allusion to
    the unfounded nature of his charges.

 THE LOYAL TOAST.                                        Page 94

    Representing the DUKE OF NORFOLK giving at a dinner
    at the Crown and Anchor Tavern in honour of the
    birth-day of FOX his famous toast, “Our Sovereign’s
    Health—The Majesty of the People”. On the left is
    JOHN NICHOLLS, Member for Tregony; next to him is
    the DUKE OF BEDFORD; on the other side of the table
    are SHERIDAN and FOX.

 DESIGN FOR THE NEW GALLERY OF BUSTS AND PICTURES.       Page 99

    The statue of FOX was placed between those of
    Demosthenes and Cicero, by the EMPRESS CATHERINE OF
    RUSSIA, as a compliment to him for having
    successfully opposed the sending of the armament
    prepared by PITT, in conjunction with Prussia and
    Holland, to compel her to give up Ockzakow which she
    had seized. As this caricature, including the
    verses, was originally published in March, 1793, the
    latter in _The Anti-Jacobin_ must have been
    suggested by them.

 THE REPUBLICAN RATTLESNAKE FASCINATING THE BEDFORD
   SQUIRREL.                                             Page 285

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Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin: Comprising the Celebrated Political and Satirical Poems, of the Rt. Hons. G. Canning, John Hookham Frere, W. Pitt, the Marquis Wellesley, G. Ellis, W. Gifford, the Earl of Carlisle, and Others.

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