...July THE INVASION. PLATE I. FRANCE. " With lantern jaws, and croaking gut, " See how the half- starved Frenchmen strut, " And call us English dogs ! " But...Prepare their axes, wheels, and ropes, " To bend the stiff-necked sinner! " But should they sink in coming over, " Old Nick may fish 'twixt France and Dover,...

...preparing to be built at Blackfriars : — With lanthorn jaws, and croaking gut, See how the half-starved Frenchmen strut And call us, English dogs ! But soon...heavier blows, Than soup and roasted frogs. The Priests, inflamed with righteous hopes, Prepare their axes, wheels and ropes, To bind the stiff-necked sinner;...

...changed their rulers. PLATE I. FRANCE. With lantern jaws and croaking gut, See how the half-star'd Frenchmen strut. And call us English dogs : But soon...Prepare their axes, wheels, and ropes, To bend the stiff-neck'd sinner ; But should they sink in coining over. Old Nick may fish 'twixt France and Dover,...

...changed their rulers. PLATE I. FRANCE. With lantern jaws and croaking; gut, See how the half-star'd Frenchmen strut. And call us English dogs : But soon we'll teach these bragging foes That beef and heer give heavier blows Than soup and roasted frogs. The priests, inflam'd with righleous hopes, Prepare...

...See how those half -starved Frenchmen strut, And call us English dogs ; But we'll soon teach those bragging foes That beef and beer give heavier blows Than soup and roasted frogs." Dr. Johnson's hatred for Frenchmen is well known, and his application of Juvenal's lines on his Greekling...

...Hogarth's degree of enlightenment in regard to his neighbours across the Channel. They run : — . . . But soon we'll teach these bragging foes That beef...beer give heavier blows Than soup and roasted frogs. In 1751, when a Bill to restrict the sale of ardent spirits was before the country, Hogarth came forward...

...their roast beef and their wenches : " With lantern jaws, and croaking gut, See how the half-starved Frenchmen strut, And call us English dogs ; But soon...give heavier blows, Than soup and roasted frogs." In the preparations of the French, instruments of torture figure prominently, and there is the fat,...

...read like a collection of the cliches of French and English national identity: FRANCE With lanthern jaws and croaking gut See how the half-starv'd Frenchmen...Prepare their axes, wheels and ropes, To bend the stiff-neck'd sinner; But should they sink in coming over. Old Nick may fish 'twixt France and Dover,...

...It accompanied two engravings by Hogarth that ridiculed the idea of a French invasion: With lantern jaws and croaking gut See how the half-starv'd Frenchmen...Prepare their axes, wheels and ropes, To bend the stiff-neck'd sinner; But should they sink in coming over, Old Nick may fish 'twixt France and Dover,...

...wicked or depraved, as is apparent from David Garrick's 'France and England' (1793): 'With lanthern jaws and croaking gut / See how the half-starv'd Frenchmen...give heavier blows, / Than soup and roasted frogs' (Bennett, 1-6). Even Coleridge came to see the French as a 'light yet cruel race' (140) by the time...