England under the house of Hanover; : its history and condition during the reigns of the three Georges, illustrated from the caricatures and satires of the day. (1848)
Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877, Fairholt, F. W. (Frederick William), 1814-1866, artist, Brown, Joseph, fl. 1837-1886, engraver, Cook, Conrad, fl. 1831-1850, engraver, Urquhart, Francis Fortescue, former owner · London : Richard Bentley... · leaf 174
e prompter, nocharacter in the farce, but very useful behind thescenes. The managers box is old and torn; a rat 1795.] HASTINGS ACQUITTED. 155 has made its way through the crevices, and holds in its mouth one of the tickets of admission to the trial in Wesminster Hall; and a snail, gradually… … one in a warm A SNAIL S PROGRESS. place, designated as a court below, to which the managers retire upon quitting the stage. Satan mutters the rhyme,— <: By the pricking of my thumbs,Something wicked this way comes! The trial of Warren Hastings was indeed, in itsresult, a farce, and an expensive…
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