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
Henshall, strictures of, on the Duke of Leinster’s and Mr. Sheridan’s
motions, 300;
character of, 310;
treatise on the Saxon and English languages, 381;
proposes the most effectual means of explaining Anglo-Saxon words,
382;
proves the Saxon language the spring of pure English, 384;
marks the changes of the English language, _ib._;
critique on the _Diversions of Purley_, 385;
general character of, 386;
strictures of, on the _Gentleman’s Magazine_ and _Analytical Review_,
579;
vindicates his _Treatise on Saxon Literature_, 580.
History of politics, foreign and domestic, 119;
general view of affairs in America and Europe, _ib._;
congress at Rastadt, 120;
Mr. D’Arnim’s Answer to the King of Prussia, 121;
discipline and courage of British seamen, 123;
reflections, 125;
domestic affairs, 127;
origin and progress of the Irish rebellion, _ib._;
religion, a mere pretence, 128;
real cause, Jacobin conspiracy, _ib._;
objects of the rebellion, separation from Britain, 129;
friends of Government abused by the Jacobin prints, 130;
an awful crisis, 240;
congress at Rastadt, _ib._;
general confederacy recommended, 241;
consequences of the late King of Prussia’s conduct, _ib._;
Russia, _ib._;
Naples, _ib._;
despotic power of the Directory, 243;
France boasts of her virtue, _ib._;
wretched state of French finance, 245;
indecision of the Emperor, 363;
spirit and vigour of Russia and Turkey, _ib._;
inactivity of Prussia, _ib._;
conduct of the French at Milan, 370;
anarchy of the Cisalpine Republic, _ib._;
objects of the revolutions from French politics, and French power,
_ib._;
French, try to exclude British manufactures from the Continent, 374;
in vain, _ib._;
Nelson’s victory, 483;
immediate effects of, 484;
accession of ships to Britain, _ib._;
Nelson’s victory prevents revival of rebellion in Ireland, 485;
effects of Nelson’s victory, 605;
proceedings at Rastadt, _ib._;
march of the Russian army, 607;
internal state of France, 608;
Erskine’s speech at the Whig Club, 609;
plan of finance, 610;
resolutions of merchants and bankers, _ib._;
conduct of opposition, 611;
political state of Europe, 734;
French declare war against Naples and Sardinia, 737;
views of the French government, 738.
Hoche, General, differs from Turenne, 32;
life of, dedicated to the eternal Republic, by Rousselin, 754;
birth and parentage of, 755;
his father a dog-keeper, himself a groom, _ib._;
learns philosophy from Rousseau and French novels, _ib._;
enters the army, 756;
a corporal, _ib._;
a commander-in-chief, 758;
compared to Neptune, _ib._;
put in prison, 759;
released, 760;
conquers La Vendée, 761;
proposes to invade England, 762;
seized with a disorder in his bowels, 767;
death and character of, 768.
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