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Title: England under the house of Hanover : its history and condition during the reigns of the three Georges
Year: 1848 (1840s)
Authors: Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877
Subjects: Caricature
Publisher: London : R. Bentley
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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pre-sents the lion and the unicorn, broken-spirited andharnessed, and marching in wooden shoes, the usualsymbol at this time of French influence. A soldierrides on the unicorn, and is supported by the standingarmy, one of the great objects of the attacks againstthe Government. The lion is drawing a barrel, onwhich sits Excise, in the form of a portly individual,intended apparently to represent Sir Robert Walpole. 144 THE MONSTER. (1733. Oil one side trade leans sorrowfully over a hogsheadof tobacco. The plate is entitled The triumphantExciseman. It was now common to mount carica-tures upon fans; and among the few fan-caricaturesstill preserved, there are more than one against theexcise, which, agreeably to the epithet bestowed uponit by Pulteney, is represented as a bloated monster,fattening itself upon the goods of the people. Inanother caricature, the monster appears in the form ofa many-headed dragon, drawing the minister in hiscoach, and pouring into his lap, in the shape of gold,
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THE NEW MONSTER. what it had eaten up in the forms of mutton, hams,cups, glasses, mugs, pipes, and any other articles thatfall in its way, while people are flying from its ravagesin every direction. A new ballad, entitled Bri-tain Excised, one of the numerous effusions of a simi-lar class which made their appearance early in theyear, speaks of it as a mad project, which already ex-cited the indignation of the Craftsman (Caleb):— Folks talk of suppliesTo be raised by excise.Old Caleb is horribly nettled; 1733.) THE MONSTER. 145 Sure B (Bob) has more sense Than to levy his pence,Or troops, when his peace is quite settled. Horse, foot, and dragoons. Battalions, platoons,Excise, wooden shoes, and no jury; Then taxes increasing, While traffic is ceasing.Would put all the land in a fury. The monster Excise was the most dangerous of themall:— See this dragon. Excise, Has ten thousand eyes,And five thousand mouths to devour us ; A sting and sharp claws. With wide-gaping jaws,And a belly a

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