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 298
ibleconsequences of French success, published duringMarch and April, tended to keep the national spiritin a blaze. Still John Bull grumbled at being taxed, althoughhe was so earnestly assured that it was for his own ad- 1797.] THE HAT-TAX. 277 vantage. One of the taxes proposed during the springof… … JOHN BULL. IN BONNET ROUGE. evading the hat-tax, intimates the danger that suchtaxes might drive John Bull to adopt the republicancostume of his neighbours, and he certainly does look transformed. John chuckles in contemplation ofthe astonishment that his ruler must feel when hebeholds the strange…
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