The Hanoverian horse and British lion : A scene in a new play lately acted in Westminster with distinguished applause. Act 2nd, scene last.

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The Hanoverian horse and British lion : A scene in a new play lately acted in Westminster with distinguished applause. Act 2nd, scene last.

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The faithful Commons are still suffering from the aggressive tendencies of the White Horse of Hanover, which is trampling on 'Magna Carta,' 'Bill of Rights' and 'Constitution' kicking, rearing, and driving the members of the ' faithful Commons ' forth with his heels. The brute is neighing out 'Pre-ro-ro-ro-ro-rogative while Pitt, a remarkably light jockey, is encouraging the excitement of the brute. The sturdy person of Fox is safely astride the British Lion.
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Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors, a popular artist in the Regency period in England.

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1784
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