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
│ │ │ are dreamt │
│ 4│A _fair_ warms the bosom of Old Father Thames, │ │
│ │ 1814. │ │
│ │ │ of in our │
│ 5│ │ │
│ │[Illustration] │ philosophy, │
│ 6│ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ 7│SHROVE TUES. A great _Fry_-day. Mrs. FRY │ ♀ ⚹ ♎ │
│ │ _pan_-egyrised. │ │
│ │ │ │
│ 8│ │ │
│ │ │ so are │
│ 9│[Illustration] │ │
│ │ │ there other │
│10│ │ │
│ │ │ aspects, │
│11│Sir Jeffery Dunstan. "No real _k_night." │ │
│ │ │ │
│12│1 SUNDAY IN LENT. _Corporal_ punishment promoted by│ ⊕ ♄ ♌ ♀ │
│ │ _General_ Fast. │ │
│ │ │ │
│13│ │ besides │
│ │ │ │
│14│VALENTINE. All Fools' Day. │ sideral │
│ │ │ │
│15│ │ ones, │
│ │ │ │
│16│ VALENTINE TO MISS MARTINEAU. │ that do │
│ │ │ │
│17│"Come, live with me, and be my love," │ marvellously │
│ │And we to all the world will prove │ │
│18│"That hill and valley, grove and field" │ influence │
│ │Are waste, if Nature's stores they yield; │ │
│19│While rustic joys and simple swains │ ♉☊♀ │
│ │Are nought compared to rich men's gains. │ │
│20│We'll demonstrate, to please the Tabbies, │ and affect │
│ │That none but boobies will have babbies, │ │
│21│And dose and diet all the nation, │ us. │
│ │To check the growing population. │ │
│22│Our virgin thoughts, as pure as "_vargis_," │ ♐ ♋ │
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