This is generally admitted to be the best parody in the Anti-Jacobin, and has itself been frequently imitated. A few of the most interesting examples may be here quoted.
In John Bull (a London newspaper) for March 25, 1827, there was a parody on the subject of Roman Catholic emancipation, a topic then engaging much attention, although the bill on the subject was not passed until 1829.
The Friend of Humanity, and the Bricklayer’s Labourer.
Friend of Humanity.
Poor Roman Catholic! ere you mount the ladde
Unfold to me your melancholy story:
Soil’d is your neckcloth, and your whole apparel
Ragged and rusty.
Ah! Roman Catholic! all the proud Protestants