The Works of Peter Pindar, Esq., Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Works of Peter Pindar, Esq., Vol. 3 Prologue to the Epistle. "A cat may look upon a King;" So says the proverb! and the proverb´s right; For Monarch now is prov´d a human thing, Although it lifts its nose to such a height. The Lord´s anointed is an antique phrase, Left out by Dictionaries of our days, King-making unto man is justly giv´n - Once the great perquisite indeed of Heav´n. I say, a Cat may look upon a King - But foreign Potentates say, "No such thing." Sicilia´s King, replete with right divine, Thinks he may hunt his subjects like his swine; And other Continental Kings, beside, For glory and blood-royal all agog, Think they may hunt a subject like a hog: This mortifies of us small rogues the pride. What hurts me more, and both my eyes expands, And lifts with horror from my head, my wig, Those birth-puff´d Kings of foreign lands, To common Christians, have preferr´d the Pig! A dead pig, to be sure, is better eating Than a dead christian - handsomer for treating: But both alive - how diff´rent in their nature! Man surely is the much sublimer creature. Since Cats may look upon a King, I hope, A Bard may write a letter to a Pope, Though hand and glove with Heav´n - a great connexion! Who deals for souls, salvations from his wallet, As from their shops, green-grocers, for the palate, Deal garden-stuff of all complexion; About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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