Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, CompleteVarious
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete
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English wit and humor -- Periodicals
In the mornink hes a tigger, drest in a tite froc-cote, top-boots,
buxkin smawl-closes, and stuck up behind Master Ahghustusses cab. In the
heavening he gives up the tigger, and comes out as the paige, in a fansy
jackit, with too rose of guilt buttings, wich makes him the perfeck
immidge of Mr. Widdycomb, that ice sea in the serkul at Hashleys
Amphitheatre. The paiges bisiness is to weight on the ladies, wich is
naterally light work; and being such a small chap, you may suppose they
can never make enuff of him. These are all the upper servants, of
coarse, I shant lower myself by notusing the infearyour crechurs; such
as the owsmade, coke, edcett rar, but shall purceed drackly to the other
potion of the fammaly, beginning with the old guvnor (as Pee-taw cawls
him), who as no idear of i life, and, like one of his own taller lites,
has only dipped into good sosiety. Next comes Missus:in fact, I ot to
have put her fust, for the grey mayor is the best boss in our staybill,
(Exkews the wulgarisrm.) After Missus, I give persedince to Mr.
Ahghustuss, who, bean the only sun in the house, is natrally looked up
to by everybody in it. He as bean brot up a perfick genelman, at Oxfut,
and is consekently fond of spending his knights in le trou de charbon,
and afterwards of skewering the streetstwisting double knockers,
pulling singlebelles, and indulging in other fashonable divertions, to
wich the low-minded polease, and the settin madgistrets have strong
objexions. His Pa allows him only sicks hundred a-year, wich isnt above
1/2 enuff to keep a cabb, a cupple of hosses, and other thinks, which
its not necessary to elude to here. Isnt it ogious to curb so fine a
spirit? I wish you see him, Pa; such is, and such a pear of beutyful
black musquitoes on his lipenuff to turn the hidds of all the wimming
he meats. The other membranes of this fammaly are the 3 dortersMiss
Sofiar, Miss Selinar, and Miss Jorgina, wich are all young ladyes, full
groan, and goes in public characters to the Kaledonian bawls, and is
likewise angxious to get off hands as soon as a feverable opportunity
hoffers. Its beleaved the old guvnor can give them ten thowsand lbs.
a-peace, wich of coarse will have great weight with a husband. Theres
some Qrious stoaries goingLaw! theres Missuses bell. I must run up-
stairs, so must conclewd obroply, but hope to resoom my pen necks weak.
Believe me, my dear Pa, Your affeckshnt JULIA PUNCH.
CHARACTERISTIC CORRESPONDENCE. The following notes actually passed
between two (now) celebrated comedians:
Dear J, Send me a shilling.
Yours, B,
P.S.On second thoughts, make it two.
To which his friend replied
Dear B, I have but one shilling in the world.
Yours, J,
P.S.On second thoughts, I want that for dinner.
A young artist in Picayune takes such perfect likenesses, that a lady
married the portrait of her lover instead of the original.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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