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The Patriot Parrot-" A Zealous Patriot had a parrot taught "

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An Epitaph on the Earl of Bath—“ Pultney no friend to truth, in fraud sincere"

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A Ballad to the Earl of Bath-" "Twas in the hour when

guiltless care"

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On the arrival of General Oglethorpe-" Arrive in safety all ye heroes brave"

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An Ode to the Earl of Bath-" In each ambitious mea

sure crost"

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Wyndham and Pultney-" Bath, vex'd with courts,

the country sought"

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To M. Garnier and M. Pearce of Bath-" What glorious verse from love has sprung"

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Hor. lib. 1. Ode xxx. "O, Venus Regina" paraphased "O Venus joy of men and gods "

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A Lamentable Case-"Ye fam'd physicians of this

place"...

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A Ballad written in June, 1743-" Some think Lord
Carteret bears the sway'

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On the Prince's going to St. James's—“ When to each other's fond embrace"

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An Ode from Paul Foley to Nicholas Fazakerley"Never dear Faz torment thy brain"

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Orpheus and Hecate" When Orpheus, as old poets

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Lady Dorothy Boyle enamoured with Lord Euston"Behold one moment Dorothea's fate" Song in Comus-" Would you taste the noon-tide air" 254

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Song "At St. Osyth's, near the Mill ”

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An Ode to the Rt. Hon. Stephen Poyntz-"Whilst
William's deeds and William's praise ".

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An Ode on the death of Matzell, a Bull-finch-" Try not my Stanhope, 'tis in vain"

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A Ballad on Lady Ilchester—“ Dear Betty come give me sweet kisses"

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An Ode on Miss H. Hanbury-" Why should I thus employ my time "

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A Song on ditto-" Dear Doctor of St. Mary's".

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On the death of Lady Abergavenny-" Ye Muses all,

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On the same by the Duke of Dorset-"Young thoughtless gay unfortunately fair".

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To Sir Hans Sloane -" Since you, dear doctor, sav'd my life"

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Written in February, 1739-40-" For that short time

that I alone was blest"

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The Country girl, an Ode—“ The Country girl that's well inclin'd"

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A New Ode-" See a new progeny descends "

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An Ode to the Earl of Bath" Great Earl of Bath

your reign is o'er "

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The Statesman-"What statesman, what hero, what

king

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A New Ode" What (good Lord Bath) prim patriot

now

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An Ode from the Earl of Bath-" Away Ambition let

me rest"

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The Heroes, a Ballad—“ Of all the jobs that e'er had

past

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To Edward Hussey, Esq.-" Stop stop my steed, hail
Cambria hail"

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An Epigram--" Sir Thomas of Wentworth inflexibly

good

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A Dialogue between the Earl of Bath and his Countess "To the Earl said the Countess what makes you so dull"......

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To the Earl of Bath-" Say Earl of Bath can you your friends deceive”......

Written on the Earl of Bath's door-" Here dead to fame lives patriot Will"

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An Ode to the Hon. Phillip Yorke-" For quiet, Yorke, the sailor cries

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The Capuchin a Ballad-" Who at Paris has been "

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An Ode to Lord Limerick-" Though for this time

you're not my theme"

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An Ode to the Earl of Bath-"When last I sung I promised then "

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To the Earl of Bath-" Your sheets I've perused'
To the Same-"Oh sigh no more at your disgrace".... 198
An Ode to the Same-" Shall these mad efforts of in-
dignant foes

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A Newer Ode than the Last-" Great Earl of Bath".. 203

Character of Sir R. Walpole-" But Orford's self I've seen whilst I have read "

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Britannia's Ghost to the Earl of Bath-" While Pultney

seeking lost repose "

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An Ode from Fame to the Earl of Bath-" He is grown

old; he is abhorr'd "

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A LION* who, o'er all the plain,

Was wont, like any king, to reign;

* Thomas, second Lord Pelham, and first Duke of Newcastle of that family, was born 1693; he was trifling and embarrassed in his conversation, always eager, and in a hurry to transact business, yet without due method; he was unbounded in flattery to those above him, or whose interest he desired to conciliate; he was highly gratified with the grossest adulation to himself; the facility with which he made and broke his promises, became proverbial; he had a quick comprehension, and was a useful and frequent debater in the House of Peers; he spoke with animation, but with little arrangement, grace, or dignity; his temper was peevish and fretful, always jealous of those with whom he acted: with these

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Who in his youth was fierce and bold,
Could head a mob, and fight and scold,
Was now grown crafty, weak, and old.

habits, is it not a matter of surprise that he retained great offices for forty-six years ?-Ob. 1768.

A foolish head and a perfidious heart (Sir R. Walpole said of the Duke of Newcastle), his name is Perfidy.-W.

After the death of his brother, the Duke of Newcastle went to Court; at the foot of the stairs he cried, and sunk down; the yeomen of the guards dragged him up in their arms; when the closet-door opened, he flung himself at his length at the King's feet, sobbed, and cried, "God bless your Majesty! God preserve your Majesty!" and lay there howling and embracing the King's knees.-W.

Old Lovat's Tragedy is over; it was succeeded by a little Farce, containing the humours of the Duke of Newcastle and his man Stone; the first event was a squabble between his Grace and the Sheriff, about holding up the head on the scaffold, a custom that has been disused, and the Sheriff would not comply with the Duke, who is as much frightened in doing right as in doing wrong, and was three days before he got courage enough to order the burying in the Tower.-W.

The Duchess of Nivernois is the Duke of Newcastle, properly placed, chattering incessantly out of devotion, and making interest against the devil, that she may dispose of Bishoprics in the next world. But it is too ridiculous to see goody Newcastle exulting like old Marius in a seventh consulship.-W.

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