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Physical Air ,— or — Britannia recover'd from a Trance ;— also, the Patriotic Courage of Sherry Andrew ; & a peep thro ' the Fog ( 1803 ) by James Gillray, showing Sheridan as a Silenus-like and ragged Harlequin defending Henry Addington and Lord Hawkesbury on the Dover coast from the advancing French rowboats filled with French soldiers, led by Napoleon.

Sheridan says: " Let ' em come!

damn ' me !!

!— Where are the French Buggabo's?

Single handed I'd beat forty of ' em !!!

dam ' me I'd pay ' em like Renter Shares, sconce off their half Crowns !!

!— mulct them out of their Benefits, & c, come Drury Lane Slang over em !.