The Comic Almanack, Volume 1: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humerous Poetry, Quips, and OdditiesThackeray, William Makepeace
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The Comic Almanack, Volume 1: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humerous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities
Thackeray, William Makepeace
Almanacs, English -- England -- London; English wit and humor
│ │ land, which │ │
│ │ Forsakes old English suppers for that make-believe,│ │
│ │ a Sandwich. │ │
│ 4│ │ ♄ ☉ ☌ ♊ │
│ │ │ │
│ 5│Dividends due. Very _Consoling_, but "Take care of │ │
│ │ your pockets!" │ │
│ │ │ (That │
│ 6│TWELFTH DAY. _Hilarity_ Term ends. │ │
│ │ │ is to say │
│ 7│ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ 8│General Election. _Tower Hamlets voters soak their_│ ☊ ♄ ♂ ☉ │
│ │ Clay, _and vote_ │ │
│ │_for_ Lushington.—_Lambeth ditto give three_ │ │
│ 9│hips _for_ Hawes, _and huzza_! │ with a │
│ │ │ │
│10│[Illustration] │ figurative │
│ │ │ │
│11│_Cayenne_ taken by as-_salt_, 1809. Enemy well │tangibility,│
│ │ _peppered_. │ │
│ │ │ │
│12│ │ ⚹ ☉ │
│ │ │ │
│13│ │ │
│ │ │seeing they │
│14│[Illustration] │ │
│ │ │ are out of │
│15│ │ │
│ │ │ our reach) │
│16│ FROZE-OUT GARDENERS. │ │
│ │ │ │
│17│ Poor half-starv'd, froze-out Gardeners, good │ ♂ ♄ │
│ │ gentlefolk, we be— │ │
│ │ Hard lines for us, my masters all, as ever you did │ │
│ │ see; │ │
│18│ We sits among the trenches in a shake and in a │ │
│ │ shiver, │ │
│ │ And our poor little babbies are without a bit of │I do opine, │
│ │ kiver; │ │
│19│ Like snails among the cabbages, they curls │ │
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