Hair powder ; a plaintive epistle to Mr. Pitt / by Peter Pindar, esq. [pseud.] ... To which is added (with considerable augmentation), Frogmore fête, an ode for music, for the first of April.

  • Pindar, Peter, 1738-1819.
Date:
1795
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Credit: Hair powder ; a plaintive epistle to Mr. Pitt / by Peter Pindar, esq. [pseud.] ... To which is added (with considerable augmentation), Frogmore fête, an ode for music, for the first of April. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    V. o . ^ C /; kV , i ' HAIR POWDER PLAINTIVE TjPlSTLE T O Mr. pi f. T, By PETER PIN BAR, Esq, Yet, if refolv’d to worry Wigs and Hair^ And, Herod-like, not Hide Children fpare ; Say, (for methinks the Land has much to dread) How long in fafety may we wear the Head? TO WHICH IS ADDED (wiTH CONSIDERABLE AUGMENTATION), IpROGMORE FETE, AN ODE FOR MUSIC, FOR THE FIRST OF APRIL, VULGARLY CALLED ALL FOOLS DAT. ■■■■■ iTrahit fua quemque Voluptasd* In various things (fays Virgil) folks delight j’* And fo it really is in our great Nation ! In meannefs, avarice, fame—revenge and fpite, Dutch Fairs, mock-charities, and oftentation. A NEW EDITION. LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. WALKER, PATERNOSTER-ROW J J. BELL, OXFORD-STRIET J J. LADLEY, MOUNT-STREET, BERKELEY-SQUARE; AN» E. JEFFREY, PALL-MALL. M. DCC. XCV. ^Priee Tkoe Shillings and Sixpence, j O •