Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 25, 1841Various
General
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 25, 1841
Various
English wit and humor -- Periodicals
Feargus O'Connor, as per Crown and Anchor.
Mr. Vincent.
Mr. Roebuck, with ancestral sauce--very fine, if not pitched too
strong.
N.B.--In case of surfeit from the above, the editor of the
_Times_ may be resorted to as an antidote.
Daniel O'Connell--whose successful practice of the exciting and
fasting, or rather, starving system, among the rent
contributors in Ireland, not only proves the truth of the
theory, but enables B.C. to recommend him as the safest dish in
the _carte_.
FOR WEAK STOMACHS AND VERY SMALL IMAGINATIONS:--
D'Israeli (Ben)--breakfast off the "Wondrous Tale of Alroy."
Bulwer--lunch on "Siamese Twins."
Stephens--dine off "The Hungarian Daughter."
Heraud--tea off "The Deluge,"--sup off the whole Minerva Library.
N.B.--None of the above, will bear the slightest dilution.
FOR DELICATE DIGESTIONS, AND LIMITED UNDERSTANDINGS, PERUSALS OF
"World of Fashion."
Lord John Russell's "Don Carlos."
Montgomery's "Satan" (very good as a devil).
"Journal of Civilization."
Any of F. Chorley's writings, Robins' advertisements, or poetry
relating to Warren's Jet Blacking.
FOR MENTAL BOLTERS
Ainsworth's "Jack Sheppard."
Harmer's "Weekly Dispatch."
"Newgate Calendar."
"Terrific Register," "Frankenstein," &c. &c. &c.
The above forms a brief abstract of Mr. B.C.'s plan, furnished and
approved by the Poor Law Commissioners. We are credibly informed that the
same enlightened gentleman is at present making arrangements with Sir
Robert Peel for the total repeal of the use of bread by all operatives,
and thereby tranquillising the present state of excitement upon the
corn-law question; proving bread, once erroneously considered the staff of
life, to be nothing more than a mere ornamental opera cane.
* * * * *
SYNCRETIC LITERATURE.
_Concluding remarks on an Epic Poem of Giles Scroggins and Molly Brown._
The circumstance which rendered Giles Scroggins peculiarly ineligible as a
bridegroom eminently qualified him as a tenant for one of those
receptacles in which defunct mortals progress to "that bourne from whence
no traveller returns." Fancy the bereaved Molly, or, as she is in grief,
and grief is tragical, Mary Brown, denuded of her scarf and black gloves,
turning faintly from the untouched cake and tasteless wine, and retiring
to the virtuous couch, whereon, with aching heart, the poet asserts she,
the said
"Poor Molly, laid her down to weep;"
and then contemplate her the victim of somnolent consequences, when--
"She cried herself quite fast asleep,"
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