All the blocks! Or, An antidote to 'All the talents' [by E.S. Barrett]. A satirical poem, by FlagellumJ. Smeeton, 1807 - 76 strán (strany) |
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... Polypus , I have thought fit to inscribe the ensuing pages to you , since in opposition to the author of The Talents I do conceive that I may accomplish my dedica- tion without being branded with the opprobrious stigma of flattery , B ...
... Polypus , I have thought fit to inscribe the ensuing pages to you , since in opposition to the author of The Talents I do conceive that I may accomplish my dedica- tion without being branded with the opprobrious stigma of flattery , B ...
Strana vii
... Polypus as a term of ridicule . It has been uniformly allowed , is the surest bulwark of that peace the prosperity of a country , and the first operations of your admi- nistration were certainly of a pacific nature , yet although B 2 ...
... Polypus as a term of ridicule . It has been uniformly allowed , is the surest bulwark of that peace the prosperity of a country , and the first operations of your admi- nistration were certainly of a pacific nature , yet although B 2 ...
Strana xv
... Polypus , I do not intend by this publication any attack whatsoever on the late Mr. Pitt , for whom I entertain opinions very analo- gous to those of Polypus with regard to Lo - d Gr - nv - lle . I have deemed it expe- dient to mention ...
... Polypus , I do not intend by this publication any attack whatsoever on the late Mr. Pitt , for whom I entertain opinions very analo- gous to those of Polypus with regard to Lo - d Gr - nv - lle . I have deemed it expe- dient to mention ...
Strana xvi
... Polypus , it is the existing tag - rag administration I seek to unmask , and give to the world in all its native deformity , a ministry which without one little emanation of the Talents of a Pitt , adopts the most faulty points of his ...
... Polypus , it is the existing tag - rag administration I seek to unmask , and give to the world in all its native deformity , a ministry which without one little emanation of the Talents of a Pitt , adopts the most faulty points of his ...
Strana xviii
... Polypus even venture to hope the most trifling amendment in the present glorious Ministry from the lash of my satire ; since the Cabinet is composed of men too much bigotted to former principles , to look for a change that might benefit ...
... Polypus even venture to hope the most trifling amendment in the present glorious Ministry from the lash of my satire ; since the Cabinet is composed of men too much bigotted to former principles , to look for a change that might benefit ...
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