Identifier: politicalhouseth1819hone (find matches)
Title: The political house that Jack built
Year: 1819 (1810s)
Authors: Hone, William, 1780-1842 Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, ill
Subjects: Stoddart, John, Sir,d1773-1856
Publisher: London : Printed by and for William Hone
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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Taxation too great to be borne,And pray for relief, from night to morn.Who in vain Petition in every form,^Who peaceably Meeting to ask for Reform,Were sabred by Yeomanry Cavalry, whoWere thanks bv THE MAN, all shaven and shorn >Ail coverd with Orders—- ^<*- and all forlorn ;THE DANDY OF SIXTY, who boM^ with a grace. And has taste ia wigs, collar!*, ^ cuirasses, and lace ; i Who, to tricksters, and fools, ; iekves the State and its treasure,And, when Britains in tear^ sails about at his pleasure;Who spurnd from his presence the Friends of his Youth,And now has not one who will tell him the Truth ;Who took to his Counsels,in evil hour,The Friejids to the Reasons of lawless Power ;That back the Public Informer, whoWould put down the Thing*, ^^ ,^, that, in spite of new Acts,And attempts to restrain it by Soldiers or Tax,Will ;?oi50/i the Vermin,That plunder the Wealth,That lay in the House, ^^ That Jack built. i r End of the House that Jack built. ,-^a.l oi )SiJfibw3a.^ -^»6ffi
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fA I;../ THE CLERICAL MAGISTRATE. The Bishop. Will you be diligent in Prayers—laying aside the study of tlic world and the flesh ? The Priest. 1 will. he Bishop. Will you maintain and set forwards, as much as lieth in you, quietness, peace, and love, among all Christian People ? Priest. I will. The Bishop laying his hand upon the head of him that receiveth the orderof Priesthood, shall say, RECEIVE THE HOLY GHOST. The Form of Ordination for a Priest. ** Th€ pulpit (ill the sober use . j. Of its legitimate peculiar powrs) Must stand acknowledffd, while the uorld shall stand, The most important and efiectual ijuard, Support, and ornamont of virtues cause. * » » # Behold the picture ! Is it like ? THIS IS A PRIEST, made according to I>aw, Who, on himg Grdaind, vowd, by rote, like a daw.That, he felt himself calld, by the Holy Spirit,To teach men the Kingdom of Heaven to merit;That, to think of the World and the flesh hed cease,And keep men in quietness, love and peace;And, makin

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