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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

We claim the support, and We invite the assistance, of ALL, who think
with US that the circumstances and character of the age in which We live
require every exertion of every man, who loves his COUNTRY in the old
way, in which till of late years the LOVE of one’s COUNTRY was professed
by most men, and by none disclaimed or reviled; of ALL who think that
the PRESS has been long enough employed principally as an engine of
destruction, and who wish to see the experiment fairly tried whether
that engine, by which many of the States which surround us have been
overthrown, and others shaken to their foundations, may not be turned
into an instrument of defence for the one remaining COUNTRY which has
ESTABLISHMENTS to protect, and a GOVERNMENT with the spirit, and the
power, and the wisdom to protect them; of ALL who look with respect to
public honour, and with attachment to the decencies of private life; of
ALL who have so little deference for the arrogant intolerance of
JACOBINISM as still to contemplate the OFFICE and the PERSON of a KING
with veneration, and to speak reverently of RELIGION, without
apologizing for the singularity of their opinions; of ALL who think the
blessings which we enjoy valuable, and who think them in danger; and
who, while they detest and despise the principles and the professors of
that NEW FAITH by which the foundations of all those blessings are
threatened to be undermined, lament the lukewarmness with which its
propagation has hitherto been resisted, and are anxious, while there is
yet time, to make every effort in the cause of their COUNTRY.

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  Piccadilly: by whom Orders for the Papers, and all Communications of
  Correspondents, addressed to the Editor of the ANTI-JACOBIN, or
  WEEKLY EXAMINER, will be received. Sold also by all the Booksellers
  and Newsmen in Town and Country.




                                 POETRY

                                   OF

                           THE ANTI-JACOBIN.




                                 No. I.


                             INTRODUCTION.

                                                          Nov. 20, 1797.

In our anxiety to provide for the amusement as well as information of
our readers, we have not omitted to make all the inquiries in our power
for ascertaining the means of procuring poetical assistance. And it
would give us no small satisfaction to be able to report that we had
succeeded in this point precisely in the manner which would best have
suited our own taste and feelings, as well as those which we wish to
cultivate in our readers.

But whether it be that good Morals, and what we should call good
Politics, are inconsistent with the spirit of true Poetry—whether “_the
Muses still with freedom found_” have an aversion to _regular_
governments, and require a frame and system of protection less
complicated than king, lords, and commons:—

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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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