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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

M. Bailly and other astronomers have observed, that in consequence of
the varying obliquity of the Ecliptic, the climates of the circumpolar
and tropical climates may, in process of time, be materially changed.
Perhaps it is not very likely that even by these means Britain may ever
become a small island in the South Seas. But this is not the meaning of
the verse—the similarity here proposed relates to manners, not to local
situation.

Footnote 180:

The word _one_ here, means all the inhabitants of Europe (excepting the
French, who have remedied this inconvenience), not any particular
individual. The Author begs leave to disclaim every allusion that can be
construed as personal.

Footnote 181:

As a stream—simile of dissimilitude, a mode of illustration familiar to
the ancients.

Footnote 182:

Walks of polished life, see “Kensington Gardens,” a poem.

Footnote 183:

Germania—Germany; a country in Europe, peopled by the Germani: alluded
to in Cæsar’s Commentaries, page 1, vol. ii. edit. prin. See also
several Didactic Poems.

Footnote 184:

A beautiful figure of German literature. The Hottentots remarkable for
staring at each other—God knows why.

Footnote 185:

This delightful and instructive picture of domestic life is recommended
to all keepers of boarding-schools, and other seminaries of the same
nature.

Footnote 186:

It is a singular quality of brandied cherries that they exchange their
flavour for that of the liquor in which they are immersed.—See Knight’s
_Progress of Civil Society_.

Footnote 187:

This division of the word is in the true spirit of the English as well
as the ancient Sapphic. See the “Counter-Scuffle,” “Counter-Rat,” and
other poems in this style.

Footnote 188:

[The Rev. Gilbert Wakefield wrote several pamphlets against government,
of which no notice was taken, until his Letter to the Bishop of Llandaff
appeared, when the Attorney-General instituted a prosecution against
him. He was found guilty and imprisoned; during which imprisonment a
subscription of £3000 among his friends supported his wife and family
very comfortably.—ED.]

Footnote 189:

[John Gale Jones was an active political agitator for many years. In
1810, he was the conductor of the debating club, denominated the
“British Forum,” which at one of its meetings discussed the propriety of
the exclusion of strangers from the House of Commons during the debates
on the Walcheren Expedition. For his observations the House,
disregarding his apology, committed him to Newgate.—ED.]

Footnote 190:

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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History

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

M. Bailly and other astronomers have observed, that in consequence of
the varying obliquity of the Ecliptic, the climates of the circumpolar
and tropical climates may, in process of time, be materially changed.
Perhaps it is not very likely that even by these means Britain may ever
become a small island in the South Seas. But this is not the meaning of
the verse—the similarity here proposed relates to manners, not to local
situation.

Footnote 180:

The word _one_ here, means all the inhabitants of Europe (excepting the
French, who have remedied this inconvenience), not any particular
individual. The Author begs leave to disclaim every allusion that can be
construed as personal.

Footnote 181:

As a stream—simile of dissimilitude, a mode of illustration familiar to
the ancients.

Footnote 182:

Walks of polished life, see “Kensington Gardens,” a poem.

Footnote 183:

Germania—Germany; a country in Europe, peopled by the Germani: alluded
to in Cæsar’s Commentaries, page 1, vol. ii. edit. prin. See also
several Didactic Poems.

Footnote 184:

A beautiful figure of German literature. The Hottentots remarkable for
staring at each other—God knows why.

Footnote 185:

This delightful and instructive picture of domestic life is recommended
to all keepers of boarding-schools, and other seminaries of the same
nature.

Footnote 186:

It is a singular quality of brandied cherries that they exchange their
flavour for that of the liquor in which they are immersed.—See Knight’s
_Progress of Civil Society_.

Footnote 187:

This division of the word is in the true spirit of the English as well
as the ancient Sapphic. See the “Counter-Scuffle,” “Counter-Rat,” and
other poems in this style.

Footnote 188:

[The Rev. Gilbert Wakefield wrote several pamphlets against government,
of which no notice was taken, until his Letter to the Bishop of Llandaff
appeared, when the Attorney-General instituted a prosecution against
him. He was found guilty and imprisoned; during which imprisonment a
subscription of £3000 among his friends supported his wife and family
very comfortably.—ED.]

Footnote 189:

[John Gale Jones was an active political agitator for many years. In
1810, he was the conductor of the debating club, denominated the
“British Forum,” which at one of its meetings discussed the propriety of
the exclusion of strangers from the House of Commons during the debates
on the Walcheren Expedition. For his observations the House,
disregarding his apology, committed him to Newgate.—ED.]

Footnote 190:

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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.

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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