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Chrononhotonthologos

Chrononhotonthologos is a satirical play by the English poet and songwriter Henry Carey from 1734. Although the play has been seen as nonsense verse, it was also seen and celebrated at the time as a satire on Robert Walpole and Queen Caroline, wife of George II.


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“The king shall eat, though all mankind be starved.”

Act ii. Sc. 4.
Chrononhotonthologos (1734)

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“To thee, and gentle Rigdom Funnidos,
Our gratulations flow in streams unbounded.”

Act i. Sc. 3.
Chrononhotonthologos (1734)

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