Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 21, 1841 — John Shaqi
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 21, 1841Various
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 21, 1841
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English wit and humor -- Periodicals
MY LORD,--In the present critical state of your lordship's situation, it
behoves every lover of his country and her friends, to endeavour to
assuage, as much as possible, the awkward predicament in which your
lordship and colleagues will soon be thrown. My dining-rooms in
Broad-street, St. Giles's, have long been held in high estimation by my
customers, for
[Illustration: BEEF A-LA-MODE;]
and I can offer you an excellent basin of leg-of-beef soup, with bread and
potatoes, for threepence. Imitated by all, equalled by none.
N.B. Please observe the address--Broad-street, St. Giles's.
2.
A widow lady, superintendent of a boarding-house, in an airy and cheerful
part of Kentish Town, will be happy to receive Lord Melbourne as an inmate,
when an ungrateful nation shall have induced his retirement from office.
Her establishment is chiefly composed of single ladies, addicted to
backgammon, birds, and bible meetings, who would, nevertheless, feel
delighted in the society of a man of Lord Melbourne's acknowledged
gallantry. The dinner-table is particularly well furnished, and a rubber is
generally got up every evening, at which Lord M. could play long penny
points if he wished it.
Address S.M., Post-office, Kentish Town.
3.
Grosjean, Restaurateur, _Castle-street, Leicester-square_, a l'honneur de
prevenir Milord Melbourne qu'il se trouvera bien servi a son etablissement.
Il peut commander un bon potage an choux, trois plats, avec pain a
discretion, et une pinte de demi-et-demi; enfin, il pourra parfaitement
avoir ses sacs souffles[4] pour un schilling. La societe est tres
comme-il-faut, et on ne donne rien au garcon.
[4] French idiom--"He will be well able to blow his bags
out!"--PUNCH, with the assistance of his friend in the
show--the foreign gentleman.
4.
(Rose-coloured paper, scented. At first supposed to be from a lady of the
bedchamber, but contradicted by the sequel.)
Flattering deceiver, and man of many loves,
My fond heart still clings to your cherished memory. Why have I listened to
the honied silver of your seducing accents? Your adored image haunts me
night and day. How is the treasury?--can you still spare me ten shillings?
YOURS,
AMANDA.
5.
JOHN MARVAT respectfully begs to offer to the notice of Lord Melbourne his
Bachelor's Dispatch, or portable kitchen. It will roast, bake, boil, stew,
steam, melt butter, toast bread, and diffuse a genial warmth at one and the
same time, for the outlay of one halfpenny. It is peculiarly suited for
_lamb_, in any form, which requires delicate dressing, and is admirably
adapted for concocting mint-sauce, which delightful adjunct Lord Melbourne
may, ere long, find some little difficulty in procuring.
High Holborn.
6.
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