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
│ │ │All hints to haste from Hastings home; │ ♀ ♃ ⊕ ♎ ♐ │
│ 7│brewing │So nought remains but just to get, │ │
│ │ │Before you travel, out of debt; │ which is a │
│ 8│rare │Glut all the household birds of prey, │ │
│ │ │Pack your remains, and run away. │ reasonable │
│ 9│good │At raffles oft you've tried your fate, │ │
│ │ │And let your gains accumulate, │expectation │
│10│stingo │And now you wind up all the fun │ │
│ │ │With ten pounds staked, a sovereign won, │ │
│11│and │For which you bear away to town │ ☊ ♓ ♑ ♌ │
│ │ │Gilt paper treasures worth a crown. │ │
│12│where │No doubt you've tried, like all the rest, │yet hath it │
│ │ │A little smuggling for a zest; │ │
│13│is he │Sufficient proof, you've fill'd your jars │ sometimes │
│ │ │With Cognac made at Smithfield Bars; │ │
│14│who'd │Your wife has bargain'd for French │ chanced │
│ │ │ flowers, │ │
│ │ │All grown in Hatton Garden's bowers; │ │
│15│dare to │On foreign silks display'd her skill, │ otherwise, │
│ │ │While Spitalfields supplied her still. │ │
│16│scorn │And last comes on the dismal day │ │
│ │ │When daughters slowly slink away, │ ♒ ☿ ♊ ♍ ☽ │
│17│the │And leave you, warned by gloomy brows, │ │
│ │ │With money bills, brought up by spouse, │and so I do │
│18│famous │Debating clauses, which, alas! │ │
│ │ │You neither can throw out nor pass. │ leave you │
│19│Sir John │And when you've managed all to pay, │ │
│ │ │You skulk to town the cheapest way; │ to decide │
│20│Barley- │Put sixpence in the coachman's hand, │ │
│ │ │Haggle with Jarvey on the stand, │ upon the │
│21│corn │And curs'd and bullied, off you sneak, │ │
│ │ │To pinch at home for many a week. │probability │
│22│let │ │ │
│ │ │ │ either way │
│23│others │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │
│24│boast of │ │ ♀ ♏ ⚹ │
│ │ │ │ │
│25│foreign │ │ being not │
│ │ │ │ │
│26│wine │ │ unmindful │
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