England under the house of Hanover : its history and condition during the reigns of the three Georges . * This medal is in the collection of Mr. I. T 274 BIRDLIME FOR BUNGLERS. [l756. Brave Blakeiiey reward,But to B give a cord. It was represented that the people who governed thecountry were so much addicted to French luxuries andFrench vices, that they would willingly have allowedour enemies to get possession of Minorca, and blink attheir encroachment in America, rather than have a war,which would cut off the supplies that peace withFrance administered to their vanities. A clever
England under the house of Hanover : its history and condition during the reigns of the three Georges . * This medal is in the collection of Mr. I. T 274 BIRDLIME FOR BUNGLERS. [l756. Brave Blakeiiey reward,But to B give a cord. It was represented that the people who governed thecountry were so much addicted to French luxuries andFrench vices, that they would willingly have allowedour enemies to get possession of Minorca, and blink attheir encroachment in America, rather than have a war,which would cut off the supplies that peace withFrance administered to their vanities. A clever cari-cature appeared on the 25th of November, entitled Birdlime for Bunglers; or, the French way of catch-ing fools f in which the French intriguer is emptyingout of a large bag, money, mixed with articles labelled. THE SCRAMBLER OVERTHROWN. *wine/cooks, valets, dancers, fiddlers, & English ministers are scrambling for the is prostrate, crushed by the weight of the fallenministers; he grasps in his right hand two articles in-scribed wine and 2 tartans, the latter an allusionto Byngs captures; while the unlucky Admiral, whohas lost his wig in the fall, exclaims, Oh, the deviltake your lime ! I am limed and twiggd too, with ap— to you! Murder ! murder! was it for this that I had the pleasure of saving theK s ships? Upon Byng lies Fox, with a bag containing three millions inhis left hand, yet still in his prostrate position stretch- 1756.] ANSON THE GAMBLER. 275 ing out his right hand for more. Under his knee is alabel inscribed, Large Fees for the bottomless Pitt;and he exclaims, In for a penny, in for a pound; forI find I cannot draw back my paw in time. TheChancellor, Ilardvvicke, greedily snatches at the moneywuth both hands, exclaiming, in allusion to his mar-riage bill, H
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