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
│15│bound, │ │ │
│ │ │Well, I declare, there's Mrs. _Ware_ │ of │
│16│while │(She's every _where_, I think)— │ │
│ │ │Her spouse, I know, is quite her beau, │ │
│17│frost & │ And never spares the chink. │ ☉ ♃ ♐ ♂ ☍ │
│ │ │ │ │
│18│snow │And, last of all, there's Mr. Ball, │ │
│ │ │ Who promis'd Mrs. B— │ futurity, │
│19│are on │And kindly has _redeem'd_ his _pledge_,— │ │
│ │ │ That she should see the sea. │ │
│20│the │ │ with the │
│ │ │So, Mister Snip, don't have the hyp, │ │
│21│ground, │ Nor look so monstrous blue; │ │
│ │ │But sport your cash, and cut a dash, │heedfulness │
│22│but │ As other people do. │ │
│ │ │ │ │
│23│in the │ │ ♎ ♅ ☉ ♐ │
│ │ │ │ │
│24│Dog │ │ │
│ │ │ │of one, who,│
│25│Days' │ │ │
│ │ │ │ knowing │
│26│raging │ │ │
│ │ │ │ the │
│27│heat, I │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │
│28│shouldn't │ │ ♃ ♉ ♒ ☽ │
│ │ │ │ │
│29│think it │ │weightiness │
│ │ │ │ │
│30│such a │ │ of the │
│ │ │ │ │
│31│treat. │ │ │
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=Advertisements Extraordinary.=
THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH UPROAR.—The Proprietor respectfully announces
that, while the cold weather lasts, he will present each visitor to the
Boxes or Pit with a bucket of "thick-ribbed ICE;" and assures the Public
that the temperature of the Theatre is so comfortably regulated that it
is never more than 50 degrees below the freezing point.
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