Intercepted Letters, Or, The Twopenny Post-bag: To which are Added, Trifles ReprintedJ. Carr, 1813 - 111 páginas Poems satirizing the Regent (later King George IV of Great Britain) and members of the aristocracy. |
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Abdallah ALB-N-A ANACREONTIC Antediluvian Ball-room beautiful Book Bourbon Chamber bring brogue Catholic chalk Chancellor crown Curaçoa dearest delight Derry dinner dish doggerel drams dream dress England's EPIGRAM Epistle ev'n expeditis Fête fragments G-RGE gentle Grand half hand heart hither Horace House Hydaspes IDOLS Irish Ispahan JACK and JILL KING CRACK lately learn'd LETTER VII look Lordship Lover Manetho Methought Ministers MOHASSAN Morning Post Muse muzzle neque never night Nutmeg o'er old Cuckoo once OVID Papa papers Papists Parody Ponies Pope Post-Bag pray'd Princes Quarto Right Rome ROMULUS Royal Schiahs sent Shiites side snaffle soon soul Speech spittle Statesmen Sunnites sure t'other Tailor thee there's things thou thought Tools Tradesmen's Bills Travell❜d TRIFLES REPRINTED twas twill Twopenny Twould W-STM-REL-ND Walcheren what's whiskers wreaths Y-RM-TH young your's
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Página 35 - Having quitted the Borders, to seek new renown, Is coming, by long Quarto stages to Town : And beginning with ROKEBY (the job's sure to pay.) Means to do all the Gentlemen's Seats on the way. Now, the Scheme is (though none of our Hackneys can beat him) To start a fresh Poet through Highgate to meet him ; ' , Who, by means of quick proofs— no revises— long coaches — May do a few Villas, before Sc — TT approaches.
Página 46 - PE, in whisker'd state, Before me at his breakfast sate : On one side lay unread Petitions, On t'other, Hints from five Physicians — Here tradesmen's bills, official papers Notes from my Lady, drams for vapours — There plans of saddles, tea and toast, Death-warrants and the Morning-Post.
Página 65 - Because it is a slender thing of wood, That up and down its awkward arm doth sway, And coolly spout and spout and spout away, In one weak, washy, everlasting flood ! EPIGRAM.
Página 53 - We'll look after th' affairs of the Continent still, And, with nothing at home but starvation and riot, Find Lisbon in bread, and keep Sicily quiet. I am proud to declare I have no predilections...
Página 35 - Should you feel any touch of poetical glow, We've a scheme to suggest — Mr. Scott, you must know, (Who, we're sorry to say it, now works for the Row\ Having quitted the borders, to seek new renown, Is coming, by long quarto stages, to town ; And beginning with Rokeby (the job's sure to pay) Means to do all the gentlemen's seats on the way. Now, the scheme is...
Página 80 - DIE when you will, you need not wear At Heaven's Court a form more fair Than Beauty here on earth has given ; Keep but the lovely looks we see — The voice we hear — and you will be An angel ready-made for Heaven I * The words addressed by Lord Herbert of Cherbury to the beautiful Nun at Murano.
Página 79 - tis true ; She '11 take one though, and thank you for it. ON A SQUINTING POETESS. To no one Muse does she her glance confine. But has an eye, at once, to all the Nine...
Página 78 - JACK and Jill went up the hill, To fetch a pail of water; Jack fell down and broke his crown And Jill came tumbling after.
Página 53 - I can lay to my conscience at present. When such is my temper, so neutral, so pleasant, So royally free from all troublesome feelings, So little encumber'd by faith in my dealings...
Página 49 - House had long settled the question, I thought it but decent, between me and you, That the two other Houses should settle it too. I need not remind you how cursedly bad Our affairs were all looking, when father went mad ; A strait waistcoat on him, and restrictions on me, A more limited monarchy could not well be.