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Epigrams, 4, 5, 9, 23, 24, 26, 37, 53, 82, 83, 105, 110,

112, 117, 126, 135, 154, 159, 160, 164, 168, 169,

174, 175, 177, 210, 215, 241, 266, 273, 278, 279,

296, 299, 331, 332, 335, 336

The Apes: a Fable from the Italian

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Epigram on a Young Lady who was accustomed to

rise late

A Parody of a Song in the Opera of M. P.

The Tureen

Law on our Side

G

Catholic Emancipation; or, a Word of Advice to a

Bishop

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Drinking Song for Buonaparte

4

22

23

ib.

24

ib.

Bullock Smithy Back Bone and Spinal Marrow Club

Epitaph on the late Mr. Cooke, the Actor

Epigram inscribed upon the Looking-glass of a cele-

brated Impure

The Doctor and Captain: a Tale from Bath

The Discreet Soldier

Cross Readings from an Orange Dublin Morning

Newspaper

Epigram, addressed to the Talents employed in the

Fabrication of the many "Inimitable Jeux

d'Esprit" emanating from the wilful Miscon-

struction of an Opinion delivered by the Lord

Chief Justice, in a late Trial for Libel

The Lips of Sarah

Sonnet on certain great Poets

Advice to an Emperor

Subscription for the Relief of Ministers

Twenty-ninth Bulletin

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Thomas-a-Tug; a Companion Song to that of Allan-

a-Dale

Epigrams on Buonaparte's Flight

A general Petition of the Protestant Clergy of

England against Catholic Emancipation in Ire-

land

The Deaths of Buonaparte

On the Emperor of all Runaways

A Question: to Miss O.

A Live Irish Grave-digger and a Dead M. P.

A Parody

A Lady Bountiful's Prescription, and its Effects on

an Irish Stomach

-

-An Irish Parody on the personal Charms of Ellen,

or the Lady of the Lake

The Blush of the Bride: a Parody on the Hapless

Bride, in the Lady of the Lake

The Bridegroom's Song in the Lady of the Lake,

parodied

Paddy's Burthen to Colman's Banquet Song

Intelligence Extraordinary

The Groans of the Glasses

An Irish Freeholder

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57

59

Magna Charta of India

On the late Rise in the Price of Porter

On Mr. Whitbread's Proposal to mark the Poor who

received Aid from the Parish with a Badge, and

the present increased Price of his Porter

A Cossack to Miss Platoff, on St. Valentine's Day

The Expostulation

Ode to R. Coates, Esq. Amateur of Fashion

The New Concordat

A Valentine, by the Amateur of Fashion

2

"George