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LITERARY EXTRACTS

... Insurgenin teo mercifully. AnidLauderdaletold Charles, with anoatb, tbat the duke had been so civil to the Whigs because he was himself a Whig In his heart. This made 'it a, court word; and, in a little while, all the friends and followers of the duke ...

Picking from Punch

... question to move the world; et ours then he the 'causetu that Shall move ?? of Mr. eywWorth, M.P., at ditto. Away with the Whigs and the Tou19s, The Peeites and Radicals too; - Th Beabblesare wretched old stories, With whin we e'yve nothing to do. All ...

POETRY, ORIGINAL AND SELECTED

... before us, Where so snug we oft have lain-; While thai pleasant pay was for us, Which we ne'er can have again. Would that Whigs, by us thrown over, Out of office now would go, And the people could discover 'T was not well to spurn us so. Though the world ...

LITERARY EXTRACTS

... who express the -political opinion of the i country, we find it subdivided :aain and again., There r are the Whigs of the old school, and the Whigs of the new; r; ?? who look back to the good old past, and the d Conservatives who look forward to the better ...

LITERARY EXTRACTS*

... whenever I have seen the experiment tried, the operator was always tired before the toad.- Archbiskop ?? Conmmon Place Book. WHIGS AND TouRse.-I have come to the discovery that I am a divine-right Tory. That name, at least, is often applied, and I can't ...

POETRY, ORIGINAL AND SELECTED

... again, if they should try, Which nobody can deny. Next him comes of old Cr-r. at sixty a prig, A wldggfed Tory and torvl afi'r Whig; I ho looks very small, though he talks very bi., Which nobody can deny. WVho tells us-and ne'er let such truths be forgotten- ...

Poetry

... fuel, Mr. Playfair won t catch me at hazard or whist, 'Mr. Coward was winged in a duel. Mr. Wise is a daunce, Mr. King is a whig, Mr. Coffin's uncommonly sprightly, -And huge Mr. Little broke down isna gig, While driving fat Mr. Golightly. Mrs. Drinkwater's ...

LITERARY NOTICES

... speaks thus of the difficulties Lord John has to contend with :- If Lord John goes too far In reform, he is checked bytho Whigs; if he does not go far enough, he is abused by the Radicals; if lie steers a medium course be is reproached for want of energy ...

Pickings from Punch

... at school: Declare, with confidence immense, That he and his alone have sense, And that the will of Providence Is that the Whigs should rule. And let one ill-meant taunt be flung, No matter whose the hostile tongue, Whether from Stanley's cynic lips The ...

POETRY

... This I know too well. The earth may open soon and swallow me: Then I shall be forgotten, or perhaps be curst By every man-whig, radical, and tory. Well -shall I change my politics; and thus Risk all upon a chance? VWho knows but that In these eventful ...

VARIETIES

... Ministers what was the real difference between a Whig and a Tory :-Piecee your Majesty, replied the Minister, ' I conceive the differeuce to be merely nominal; the Tories are Whigs when they want place,and the Whigs are Tories when ihey bave got themn. Fred ...

Pickings from Panch

... infinitelyy less ! ELECTION SONG. B a Free and Indepenident. I've a vote ! I ye a vote ! . for no matter which side, To neither Whig, Tory, nor Rad am I tied: Up, up with the hustings !-'tis a gold mine to me; I've a vote ! I've a vote ! independent and free ...