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The Works of Peter Pindar [i.e. John Wolcot]

... With a Copious Index. To which is prefixed Some Account of his Life. In Four Volumes
Pindar, Peter (1738-1819)

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VOL. I.
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VOL. II.
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SUBJECTS FOR PAINTERS.
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EXPOSTULATORY ODES TO A GREAT DUKE AND A LITTLE LORD.
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A BENEVOLENT EPISTLE TO SYLVANUS URBAN, ALIAS MASTER JOHN NICHOLS, PRINTER, Common-Councilman of Farringdon Ward, And Censor General of Literature:
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A ROWLAND FOR AN OLIVER, OR A POETICAL ANSWER TO THE BENEVOLENT EPISTLE OF MR. PETER PINDAR.
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ADVICE TO THE FUTURE LAUREAT,
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COMPLIMENTARY EPISTLE TO JAMES BRUCE, ESQ. The Abyssinian Traveller.
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THE RIGHTS OF KINGS,
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ODES TO MR. PAINE, AUTHOR OF ‘RIGHTS OF MAN;’
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THE REMONSTRANCE; TO WHICH IS ADDED AN ODE TO MY ASS ALSO THE MAGPIE AND ROBIN, A TALE; AN APOLOGY FOR KINGS; AND AN ADDRESS TO MY PAMPHLET.
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MORE MONEY!
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ODES OF IMPORTANCE, &c.
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THE TEARS OF ST. MARGARET;
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A PAIR OF LYRIC EPISTLES TO LORD MACARTNEY AND HIS SHIP.
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ODES TO KIEN LONG, The present Emperor of China;
  
TO THE EMPEROR OF CHINA.
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ODES TO KIEN LONG.
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WILLIAM PENN, NATHAN, AND THE BAILIFF; A TALE.
  
TO A FLY,
  
ELEGY TO THE FLEAS OF TENERIFFE.
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ODE TO MESSIEURS TOWNSEND, MACMANUS, AND JEALOUS, The Thief-takers, and Attendants on Majesty.
  
ODE TO CÆLIA.
  
AN ODE TO A PRETTY MILLINER.
  
A MORAL AFTER-THOUGHT ON THE ABOVE.
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A LYRIC EPISTLE TO SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON.
  
EPIGRAM,
  
TO CHLOE.
  
ON A NEW-MADE LORD.
  
TO MY CANDLE.
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A POETICAL, SERIOUS, AND POSSIBLY IMPERTINENT, EPISTLE TO THE POPE.
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PATHETIC ODES.
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VOL. III.
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VOL. IV.

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WILLIAM PENN, NATHAN, AND THE BAILIFF; A TALE.

AS well as I can recollect,
It is a story of fam'd William Penn,
By bailiffs oft beset, without effect,
Like numbers of our lords and gentlemen—
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William had got a private hole to spy
The folks who came with writs, or ‘How d'ye do?’
Possessing, too, a penetrating eye,
Friends from his foes the quaker quickly knew.
A bailiff in disguise one day,
Though not disguis'd to our friend Will,
Came, to Will's shoulder compliments to pay,
Conceal'd, the catchpole thought, with wondrous skill.
Boldly he knock'd at William's door,
Drest like a gentleman from top to toe,
Expecting quick admittance, to be sure—
But no!
Will's servant Nathan, with a strait-hair'd head,
Unto the window gravely stalk'd, not ran—
‘Master at home?’ the bailiff sweetly said—
‘Thou canst not speak to him,’ replied the man.
‘What,’ quoth the bailiff, ‘won't he see me then?’
‘Nay,’ snuffled Nathan, ‘let it not thus strike thee;
Know, verily, that William Penn
Hath seen thee, but he doth not like thee.’
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