The Setting Sun: Or, Devil Amongst the Placemen. To which is Added a New Musical Drama; Being a Parody on The Beggar's Opera ...J.D. Dewick, for T. Hughes, 1809 |
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... natural liberty , without which life itself is no value : the im- mense bulk of the elephant could avail nothing against the spirit , fire , and incessant attacks of its individually contemptible , col- lectively irresistible , enemy ...
... natural liberty , without which life itself is no value : the im- mense bulk of the elephant could avail nothing against the spirit , fire , and incessant attacks of its individually contemptible , col- lectively irresistible , enemy ...
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... natural levity , and vanity , may blind Frenchmen to their true glory and in- terest , and reconcile them to that state to which a Briton would prefer death : " Dis- guise thyself as thou wilt , " says Sterne , " still , VOL . I ...
... natural levity , and vanity , may blind Frenchmen to their true glory and in- terest , and reconcile them to that state to which a Briton would prefer death : " Dis- guise thyself as thou wilt , " says Sterne , " still , VOL . I ...
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... natural fickleness , they soon grew sick , and fell again into its opposite extreme — abject slavery . They would now degrade all man- kind to their own level ; but there are nations ( the British in particular , whose birth - right is ...
... natural fickleness , they soon grew sick , and fell again into its opposite extreme — abject slavery . They would now degrade all man- kind to their own level ; but there are nations ( the British in particular , whose birth - right is ...
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... stances , has been suffered to run out to its natural length . - Patience , therefore , and re- flect that Levius fit patientiâ Quicquid corrigere est nefas . " HORACE D 3 THE SETTING SUN . 37 . rode triumphant on the stream, “burst and ...
... stances , has been suffered to run out to its natural length . - Patience , therefore , and re- flect that Levius fit patientiâ Quicquid corrigere est nefas . " HORACE D 3 THE SETTING SUN . 37 . rode triumphant on the stream, “burst and ...
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... natural - where masters sleep , The stewards fatten , and the tenants weep . Relying on the monarch's love of ease , The vizier only sought himself to please ; Relations , friends , and parasites he fed , Ne'er once regarding how the ...
... natural - where masters sleep , The stewards fatten , and the tenants weep . Relying on the monarch's love of ease , The vizier only sought himself to please ; Relations , friends , and parasites he fed , Ne'er once regarding how the ...
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Alexander ambition arms Barkout beast blind blood brave Britain British Buona Buonaparté Cæsar cause CERVANTES HOGG chain CHARLES XII Colonel Wardle conqueror corruption Corsican court courtier crown cruel despised devil disgraceful Divine drams dread Duke duty effeminacy emperor English Europe ev'ry eyes fawn fools France Francis Wright French glory hands happiness head heaven honor horses house in Westbourne HUDIBRAS hundred jackboot Johor king Lauzun liberty Lord majesty mankind Mary Anne Clarke ment minister Mistress Clarke monarch necks never oath once ourang-outang palace parliament parté pawned Persepolis PLACEMEN plain present princes prisoner prisoner of war queen race rank regal royal royalty Saon Mahon shews Sir Sydney Smith slavery slaves Spain Spaniards subjects suffer Sweden things thou thousands throne tion tyranny tyrant viceroy weak Westbourne Place whole nation wish witness YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite xxiii - ... invade, Then call the gods for partners of our feast, And Jove himself the chief invited guest. We spread the tables on the greensward ground, We feed with hunger, and the bowls go round. When from the mountain-tops, with hideous cry And clattering wings, the hungry harpies fly. They snatch the meat, defiling all they find, And parting, leave a loathsome stench behind.
Seite 51 - All nations bow their heads with homage down, And kiss the feet of this exalted man : The name, the shout, the blast from every mouth, Is Alexander : Alexander bursts Your...
Seite 79 - I am an old man, and can do but little — (then added, with a sigh) — I had once a son, who could now have been very serviceable to your majesty.
Seite 80 - 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' tall, anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight.
Seite 105 - His horfe fell, and the marquis who was under him, received a violent hurt on his head. The other race was between the Duke of Chartres and the Duke of Lauzun.
Seite 97 - Man may escape from rope and gun; Nay, some have out-liv'd the doctor's pill; Who takes a woman must be undone. That basilisk is sure to kill. The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweety So he that tastes woman, woman, woman. He that tastes woman, ruin meets.
Seite xi - And o'er the bar, like tumblers, vault •. But you may swear at any rate, Things not in nature, for the state ; For in all courts of justice here A witness is not said to swear, But make oath; that is, in plain terms, To forge whatever he affirms.
Seite 78 - My lord, you are a good man, and have great influence ; you can do much for me at this time...