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
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│ 4│_C._ Why, you've nothing at all in the house, then, │ ♉ ☍ ♉ ♀ │
│ │ it seems?—_W._ Oh! yes we have. │ │
│ │_C._ What?—_W._ AN EXECUTION! │ │
│ 5│ │ │
│ │ │ it should │
│ 6│ │ │
│ │ │ hereby │
│ 7│ │ │
│ │ │seem to the │
│ 8│ │ │
│ │ │undiscerning│
│ 9│A mob of _Johnnies_ lay rough hands on the Spinning │ │
│ │ _Jennies_, 1779. │ │
│ │ │ multitude, │
│10│_Spenser_ died, succeeded by _Coats_. (Query, │ │
│ │ _Romeo_?) │ │
│ │ │ │
│11│ │ ♀ ♃ ⊕ │
│ │ │ │
│12│Day _breaks_. ——Poor fellow! when, and where? │that I have │
│ │ I pity him, I do declare; │ │
│13│ Unlike the surly wight, who said, │ deserted, │
│ │ When rous'd up from his downy bed, │ │
│14│ "What is't to me, if broke or no? │ ♒ ☿ ♊ ♎ │
│ │ He owes _me_ nothing." (_Vide_ JOE.) │ │
│15│ And Mrs. Day,—his loving mate,— │ the │
│ │ 'Twill break her heart, as sure as │ │
│ │ fate. │ │
│16│ Oh, no! she treats it very _light_;— │ Celestial │
│ │ She's run away with Mr. Night. │ │
│17│ Should Mrs. Day, though, meet her │ Science, │
│ │ _sun_, │ │
│ │ Then Mr. Night will be undone; │ │
│18│ For by some magic,—strange to say,— │ ☿ ♑ │
│ │ This _sun_ will turn _Night_ into │ │
│ │ _Day._ │ │
│19│ │ and proved │
│ │ │ │
│20│ │an unworthy │
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