A Ballad upon the Popish Plot and region (“From Pulpit to Pot / They talk’d of a Plot” [1.5-6]), as well as the fear invoked in the general population (“frighted with Fire-balls, their heads turned round” [1.4]), but then proposes a rational and just correction of these effects. The majority of the rest of the ballad then lists the occupational types, personal characteristics, and machinations of the participants in the plot. The first is a politician “of Body unsound,” who intends to slander the Pope and the current King, Charles II, until both are forced out of power (2.1, 8). The narrator then describes the personal
The Rye rye from an old lady and trying to toss it to George on a second-floor [sic; it was third-floor] window..." Linda S. Ghent, Professor in the Department of Economics at Eastern Illinois University, discusses this episode in view of its economic themes, specifically "willingness to pay" and "willingness to sell". The Rye "The Rye" is the 121st episode of the NBC sitcom "Seinfeld". This was the 11th episode for the seventh season. It aired on January 4, 1996. It was written by American comedian Carol Leifer. Most of the plot revolves around a loaf of marbled rye bread, with its