Parodies of the works of English & American authors, vol. III
General
Parodies of the works of English & American authors, vol. III
Parodies
The London University
“March, march, dustmen and coal-heavers.” The Spirit
of the Age, 1829 99
“Smoke, smoke! Arcade and College Green” 100
OH WHERE, AND OH WHERE 100
“Oh where, and oh where, is my Harry Brougham gone?”
Punch, 1846 100
“Oh, where, and oh where, has my learned counsel
gone?” Punch, 1848 100
The great kilt Reform. Diogenes, 1854 100
“Oh where, and oh where, has our Wand’ring Willie
gone.” Judy, 1879 101
BONNIE DUNDEE
“To the gents of the pantry ’twas Yellow-plush
spoke,” 1872 101
The Maidens of Bonnie Dundee
“And did they its meeting turn into a joke” 101
“Tis a jolly conception”!――’twas Truscott who spoke.”
(The Temple Bar Obstruction) 101
“In the House of St. Stephen’s Britannia thus spoke” 102
“To the lords of Creation ’twas Chamberlain spoke” 102
THE CAMPBELLS ARE COMING.
The Pop’ an’ Jock Cumming, oh dear, oh dear 102
Hey, Johnny Cumming! are ye waukin’ yet? 103
The Camels are coming, at last, at last! The
Globe, 1884 103
My ’art’s in the ’Ighlands. Punch, 1883 103
WOO’D AND MARRIED AN’ A’ 103
The Tourists’ Matrimonial Guide through Scotland.
_Lord Neaves_ 103
CHARLEY IS MY DARLING――
“Charley was so daring” (Sir Charles Napier) 104
“O, Langtry, wilt thou gang wi’ me” 105
ROBIN ADAIR――
“You’re welcome to Despots, Dumourier,” _Robert
Burns_, 1793 105
“Canning, O rare!” Liverpool election, 1812 105
――――
Robert Southey, Poet Laureate.
THALABA THE DESTROYER――
“How beautiful is night?” 140
“How troublesome is day?” _T. L. Peacock_ 141
“How beautiful is green?” Charterhouse Poems 141
THE CURSE OF KEHAMA――
“Midnight, and yet no eye.” 141
“Midnight, yet not a nose.” The Rebuilding _James
Smith_. The Rejected Addresses 141
Justice. Lays of Modern Oxford, by Adon, 1874 144
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