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
│ │And _other innocents_ as badly, │ │
│11│Whose pious hate to _warm_ and cherish, │ I, │
│ │The Pope, at all events, should perish; │ │
│12│For _fires_ have always been the test │ RIGDUM │
│ │For proving orthodoxy best. │ │
│13│But stay!—perhaps, on application, │ FUNNIDOS, │
│ │His Holiness a dispensation │ │
│14│May grant, and, merely for this _one_ day, │ do │
│ │Consent to burn with Guy on _Monday_. │ │
│15│ │ hereby │
│ │ │ │
│16│ │ pledge my │
│ │ │ │
│17│ │asstrological │
│ │ │ │
│18│ │ reputation, │
│ │ │ │
│19│ │ ♃ ⊕ ♒ ☉ │
│ │ │ │
│20│ │ _viz._ │
│ │ │ │
│21│ │ The doom │
│ │ │ │
│22│ │ of _Turkey_ │
│ │ │ │
│23│ │ may be │
│ │ │ │
│24│ │ looked for │
│ │ │ │
│25│ │ ♈ ☍ │
│ │ │ │
│26│First night of Tom and Jerry. _Larks_ in season. │ as fixed │
│ │ │ │
│27│ │ │
│ │ │ ☽ ♂ ♀ ♈ │
│28│ │ │
│ │ │ at │
│29│ │ │
│ │ │ ♓ ♑ │
│30│Insurrection of the _Poles_, 1830. Ladies at the │ Christmas! │
│ │ Treadmill refuse to have their hair cropped. │ │
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