Pamphlets and Parodies on Political Subjects
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A son surrounded by peril confesses his wrongdoing and asks his father for help in escaping ruin. The father says the people have paid the debts twice and that Pitt fears a third request, proposing marriage to a cousin in Germany. A bride is lured from the halls of Brunswick and her fathers' hearth, with the account describing short-lived pleasures and the swift arrival of cares.
The argument about tyranny compares restrained river water breaking through opposition with a political power that may govern for a time before nature overwhelms tyrants. A section heading lists the distinction between tyrants and kings and government instituted by the people for their own good among its subjects. A parliamentary parody orders that strangers receive seats after the day's adjournment until the following sitting, under a chamber heading called the House of Tops.
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- Author
- William Hone
- Reading time
- About 4 hours
- Pages
- 660
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Satire
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