 | John Bell - 1794 - 574 Seiten
...he made a great statesman of Sandys ; (Oh ! that he had taught him to spell ! ) Then enlarge on hi9 cunning and wit : Say, how he harangu'd at the Fountain...and stocks : Then say, how he chang'd to a peer, Fit companions for Edgecumbe and Fox. By the Sams. Quis mulu gracilis ce puer in rosa perfusus tiquidis... | |
 | Charles Hanbury-Williams - 1822 - 292 Seiten
...great statesman of Sands ; (Oh ! that he had taught him to spell !) George II. •)- Mr. Walpole. i J51 Then enlarge on his cunning and wit : Say, how...and Fox. • In the Strand, where all the Torys met. •(- Richard, the first Lord Edgecumbe ; Chancellor ofthe Duchy of Lancaster, on the fall ofWalpole's... | |
 | 1822 - 430 Seiten
...ode on Pulteney's elevation to the peerage, which contains the followingpassage : — " Say, Muse, how he mark'd the new year, By increasing our Taxes and Stocks ; They say how he chang'il lo a Peer, Fit companion for Edgcumbe and Fox." Upon this they remark, "... | |
 | 1823 - 582 Seiten
...he harangu'd at the Fountain;* Say, how the old patriots were bit, And a mouse was produc'd by the mountain. Then say how he mark'd the new year, By...Then say how he chang'd to a peer, Fit companion for Edgcumbe, and Fox.' — p. 151. The third of these stanzas is a model of this species of wit and seventy.... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1823 - 580 Seiten
...he harangu'd at the Fountain;* Say, how the old patriots were bit, And a mouse was produc'd by the mountain. Then say how he mark'd the new year, By...Then say how he chang'd to a peer, Fit companion for Edgcumbe, and Fox.' — p. 151. The third of these stanzas is a model of this species of wit and severity.... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson - 1867 - 410 Seiten
...Say how he harangued at the Fountain : Say how the old Patriots were bit, And a mouse was produced by a mountain. Then say how he mark'd the new year...increasing our taxes and stocks ; Then say how he changed to a Peer, Fit companion for Edgcumbe and Fox. Sir Charles If. Williams. ADVICE TO THE MARQUIS... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - 1880 - 362 Seiten
...Say how he harangued at the Fountain ; Say how the old patriots were bit, And a mouse was produced by a mountain. Then say how he mark'd the new year...increasing our taxes and stocks ; Then say how he changed to a peer, Fit companion for Edgcumbe and Fox. Equally polished and pointed, though in a different... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson - 1889 - 406 Seiten
...Sav how he harangued at the Fountain : Say how the old Patriot^ were bit, And a mouse was produced by a mountain. Then say how he mark'd the new year...By increasing our taxes and stocks; Then say how he changed to a Peer, Fit companion for Edgcumbe and Fox. Sir Charles H. Williams. ADVICE TO THE MARQUIS... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson, Coulson Kernahan - 1891 - 452 Seiten
...Say how he harangued at the Fountain : Say how the old Patriots were bit, And a mouse was produced by a mountain. Then say how he mark'd the new year...By increasing our taxes and stocks; Then say how he changed to a Peer, Fit companion for Edgcumbe and Fox. Sir Charles II. Williams. CXCIIL ADVICE TO THE... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 436 Seiten
...in alluding to the elevation of William Pulteney to the peerage, observes : " Then say how he marked the new year, By increasing our taxes and stocks : Then say how he changed to a peer, Fit companion for Edgecombe and Fox." Lord Edgecombe died in 1758. • James, second... | |
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Then enlarge on his cunning and wit : Say, how he harangu'd at the Fountain;* Say, how the old patriots were bit, And a mouse was produc'd by a mountain. Then say how he mark'd the new year, By increasing our taxes, and stocks : Then say how he chang'd... 
