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Lord North and Fox excreting into a pan bearing the Royal Arms, a little devil is mixing the stench between them; implying the appalling effects of the coalition government. Etching by J. Gillray, 1783.

A fox ascends in a balloon, descends into a pit and walks off arm in arm with Lord North; representing Charles James Fox's coalition with Lord North under pressure from William Pitt the younger. Coloured etching, 1783.

Fox running out of the House of Commons in the middle of a debate with William Pitt the younger about the Regency crisis: he is excreting as he runs, which refers to a bout of dysentery he caught on route from Bologna. Etching by J. Gillray, 1788.

Trinity College, Oxford: from Broad Street. Line engraving by M.A. Rooker after himself, 1785.

A half naked woman held by two men, one of whom is peering up her skirt, while another forcibly pours the contents of a teapot down her throat which she spits back into his face: representing America being punished by British politicians with the Boston Port Bill. Engraving, 1774.

St. John's College, St. Giles and St. Giles Church, Oxford: panoramic view. Line engraving by M.A. Rooker after himself, 1779.

Three noblemen dance round a tall thistle as the devil plays the bagpipes; representing Scottish influence on the British policy towards American independence. Engraving, 1775.

Lord North and the Earl of Mansfield stand on a platform addressing a group of distressed patriots beyond which ships of war sail and sink. Engraving, 1776.

Thoughts on the Prince's debts.

Serious considerations on the political conduct of Lord North, since his first entry into the Ministry; with a deduction of positive facts, shewing clearly, that his Lordship's system was, and is, not only the best, but the only one which could or can be pursued with the least Hopes of effecting the great National Points, of making us respected Abroad, and a free, easy, and happy People at Home; by converting the Present National Debt into permanent Landed Property; which would destroy the pernicious Practice of Stock-Jobbing, reduce the oppressive Taxes, and cause the Necessity of Borrowing in future to be totally done away for ever. By Nathaniel Buckington, Esq. Barrister at Law.

A bull snorts angrily as it tosses a Spaniard in the air and is restrained by three men pulling its tail behind, a native American and a well-dressed French gentleman cower in fright to the right and a Dutchman sitting on a barrel of gin and smoking a pipe looks on in amusement. Coloured etching by James Gillray, 1780.

A candid estimate of the minister's abilities. In a letter to a friend.

The speeches of Lord North, on a motion for a repeal of the Corporation and Test acts, as delivered in the House of Commons, Wednesday, March 28, 1787, and Friday, May 8, 1789.

O tempora! O mores! Or The best new year's gift for a prime minister, being the substance of two sermons preached at a few small churches only, and published at the repeated request of the congregations, by the Rev. William Scott, M.A. late scholar of Eaton, dedicated to Lord North. The pulpit was refused at eight of the most capital churches in London.

Sermons to ministers of state. By the author of, Sermons to asses. Dedicated to Lord North, Prime Minister of England, for the use of the religious, political, and philosophical rationalists, in Europe, and America. [Four lines from Psalms] Price half a dollar.

Caricature anticipations and enlargements; occasioned by a late pious proclamation; also by two celebrated speeches in Parliament relative to a repeal of the Test Act; the one by Lord North, the other by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. With explanatory notes, suitable illustrations, Anecdotes, &c.

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North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792

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The speeches of Lord North, on a motion for a repeal of the Corporation and Test acts, as delivered in the House of Commons, Wednesday, March 28, 1787, and Friday, May 8, 1789.

Sermons to ministers of state. By the author of, Sermons to asses. Dedicated to Lord North, Prime Minister of England, for the use of the religious, political, and philosophical rationalists, in Europe, and America. [Four lines from Psalms] Price half a dollar.

Caricature anticipations and enlargements; occasioned by a late pious proclamation; also by two celebrated speeches in Parliament relative to a repeal of the Test Act; the one by Lord North, the other by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. With explanatory notes, suitable illustrations, Anecdotes, &c.