Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 108, February 16, 1895Various
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 108, February 16, 1895
Various
English wit and humor -- Periodicals
_First Girl_ (_rising_). I know. (_Pause, then suddenly, and with
determination._) MIRABEAU didn't get on well with his father, and
_Hamlet_ was at daggers drawn with his uncle.
[_Reseats herself triumphantly._
* * * * *
RESETTING AN OLD SAW.--The descriptive writer in the _Daily
Telegraph_, giving his account of the opening of Parliament, observed
that "Hypercritics have combated the generally accepted axiom that one
pea entirely resembles another," and he went on to show how one
parliamentary crowd resembled any other parliamentary crowd at the
initial ceremony. Assuming therefore this similarity, suppose we
re-set the old saw, and say, "_As like as two M.P.'s_."
* * * * *
Note: [=O], [=o] represent O-macron, o-macron.
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