The moiriad, a parody of the noble earl's speech, in the Irish House of Peers, February 19th, 1798, on a Motion, "that an Humble Address Be Presented to His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, to State, That as Parliament Had Confided to His Excellency Extraordinary Powers in Order to Support the Laws and Defeat Traitorous Combinations in This Country, We Feel It Our Duty-as Those Powers Have Not Produced the Desired Effect-to Recommend the Adoption of Such Conciliatory Measures as May Allay Apprehensions and Discontent.".

Format:

• Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Parody--Early works to 1800.
• Ireland--History--Rebellion of 1798--Poetry.

Genre:

• Poems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (15,[1]p. )

Other Title:

Moiriad,

Place of Publication:

Dublin : printed for J. Milliken, No 32, Grafton-Street, 1798.

Notes:

• Verse.
• On a speech by Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Second Earl of Moira, attacking the Irish government.
• Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N5481.

OCLC:

642214562