Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 107, July 28th 1894Various
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 107, July 28th 1894
Various
English wit and humor -- Periodicals
But that's regular constable blarney, old boy, and _you've done it
before_!
Meanwhile we're Evicted, worse luck! like the poor Irish Tenants
whose case
Those busy B's muster to fight over. Ah! you put on a bold face,
But _we_ ain't the only Pill Garlics! No; some of 'em still left
inside
Will yet join us, out in the cold, as will p'raps be a pill to
their pride!
[_Exit with other Bills._
* * * * *
THE COLONEL AND THE QUIVER.--Our own Colonel SAUNDERSON, M.P., was never
better at his best than when, in the debate last Thursday night, he
said, "If the Bill passes, a quiver of horror will run through every
tenant, &c., &c." Of course the gallant Colonel meant "arrow" or "dart,"
not "quiver." A dart or an arrow will run through a person, piercing him
in front, and reappearing at back. But "quiver" doesn't do this sort of
thing. An arrow so transfixing a body may make it quiver--but this is
another matter. More power to the quivering elbow of the gallant
Colonel!
* * * * *
LA FEMME DE CLAUDE.
When lovely woman stoops to folly,
You'll find, according to DUMAS,
One certain cure for melancholy:--
_Tue-la!_
French law, that damns you in the letter,
In spirit _change tout cela_;
They always manage matters better
_Là-bas._
These are the lines to play the man on;
Take her defenceless, cry "_Holà!_"
And trotting out the nimble cannon,
_Tue-la!_
Or take for choice the common cartridge;
Pop goes _le p'tit fusil, comme ça_!
You bag her neatly like a partridge
_Là-bas._
"_L'Homme-Femme_" may haunt the bosom British;
_Là France_ goes trolling "_Ça ira!_"
And waives the question with a skittish
"_Tue-la!_"
No mutual recriminations,
No counterplea, _et cetera_;
One solves too simply these equations
_Là-bas._
So runs the play. We saw you foot it
Featly therein, _la belle Sara!_
You were all there, or, so to put it,
_Toute là._
And now you go, and, if you'll let us,
Reluctantly we say "Ta-ta!"
Come back again, and don't forget us
_Là-bas._
* * * * *
THE NEW MOTTO (_by our own Irishman_).--England expects every man this
day to pay his own Death Duty.
* * * * *
[Illustration: A ROYAL PROGRESS.
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