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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Strana viii
... , and generous nation , and therefore , however acceptable might have appeared the Olive Branch , the Sword was no less kept within your grasp to ensure respect , or when necessity should require it , command obedience from ( viii )
... , and generous nation , and therefore , however acceptable might have appeared the Olive Branch , the Sword was no less kept within your grasp to ensure respect , or when necessity should require it , command obedience from ( viii )
Strana ix
William Henry Ireland. or when necessity should require it , command obedience from our enemies . It is to your labours that we are also indebted for the Abolition of the Slave Trade , a detestable traffic which was as repulsive to ...
William Henry Ireland. or when necessity should require it , command obedience from our enemies . It is to your labours that we are also indebted for the Abolition of the Slave Trade , a detestable traffic which was as repulsive to ...
Strana 9
... requires some oil ; Surely , the great machine has other springs , Well fitted to advise the BEST of kings ; Which , put in proper motion , cannot fail To work the state , like mill with wind and sail ! A trifling fault will not condemn ...
... requires some oil ; Surely , the great machine has other springs , Well fitted to advise the BEST of kings ; Which , put in proper motion , cannot fail To work the state , like mill with wind and sail ! A trifling fault will not condemn ...
Strana 13
... requires ; No empty untaught puppet mov'd by wires : No lord of straw , that thunder should controul , Whose din reverberates from pole to pole ; A M - lgr - ve's puny sway . ] - Stat magni nominis umbra . LUCAN . This general officer ...
... requires ; No empty untaught puppet mov'd by wires : No lord of straw , that thunder should controul , Whose din reverberates from pole to pole ; A M - lgr - ve's puny sway . ] - Stat magni nominis umbra . LUCAN . This general officer ...
Strana 27
... requiring , in addition to the ostensible post he now holds in the state , the further douceur of the seal of the duchy of Lancaster , durante vita , which his M - y was persuaded not to give , except during pleasure , by an address of ...
... requiring , in addition to the ostensible post he now holds in the state , the further douceur of the seal of the duchy of Lancaster , durante vita , which his M - y was persuaded not to give , except during pleasure , by an address of ...
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