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- Proof, monogrammed by own hand :
Landseer, Thomas. Foppish Fools – “Their manners are so Apeish”
- Life and Death of King John :
Landseer, Thomas. “– now will canker Sorrow eat my bud”
- Scheming new mischief as always :
Landseer, Thomas. “What wanton tricks sly Cupid plays, When’eer the rogue’s let loose!”
- Rights of Man – As topical as ever
Thomas Paine on the stage of the “Monkeyana”
Landseer, Thomas. Rights of Man
“The sight of one of the most despicable of God’s creatures
Trumpling down the dearest rights of mankind,
and crushing with impunity the rising liberty …
is one of the most melancholy and degrading spectacles in existence”
- Fine proof :
Landseer, Thomas. “A Fool to Pleasure yet a Slave to Fame”
- With expressive gesture :
Landseer, Thomas. Hookey Walker!!
- Paul Pry :
Landseer, Thomas. “I hope I dont intrude”
- When plebeians rise to power :
Landseer, Thomas. “But man, proud man, dressed in a little brief”
- The impotence of uniform as fine proof :
Landseer, Thomas. “Hence, horrible shadow! Unreal Mockery hence!”
- The distressed poet :
Landseer, Thomas. “The Muse saw it upward rise”
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