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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│1836.] │ SEPTEMBER. │
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│ │It pleased her jolly Majesty Queen Bess, │
│ │_Stuffing_, herself, a well-_stuff'd_ goose to bless, │
│ │And ever since, in _sage_ affairs of state, │
│ │The royal bird does still predominate;— │
│ │So modest merit proves of little use, │
│ │Unless at Court you "boo" to ev'ry goose. │
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│ M│ Season's │ =Odd Matters.= │ WEATHER. │
│ D│ Signs. │ │ │
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│ 1│Now │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │
│ 2│farmers │ "SHOOTING THE MOON." │ matters │
│ │ │ │ │
│ 3│mind │Now, Mrs. Dove, my dearest love, │ ⚹ ☉ ☋ ♂ ♄ │
│ │ │ No longer let us jar; │ │
│ 4│your │Full well you know that cash is low, │ ⚹ ♀ ⊕ │
│ │ │ And credit's under par. │ │
│ 5│geese │ │ │
│ │ │Short commons are our common fare. │ whereinto │
│ 6│and │ No _turtle_-doves are we: │ │
│ │ │Tho' once there came such lots of _game_, │ he is │
│ 7│pigs, │ Now folks _make game_ of me. │ │
│ │ │ │ inquiring, │
│ 8│for │Ah! what to do I wish I knew, │ │
│ │ │ Or where to run a score! │ │
│ 9│Cockney │For all the town I've done so brown, │ ♏ ♄ ☌ │
│ │ │ I can't _do_ any more. │ │
│10│sports- │ │ │
│ │ │We've had our fill on _Mutton Hill_; │ is fearful │
│ │ │ │ of │
│11│men │ In _Cornhill_ gain'd our _bread_; │ │
│ │ │Dress'd with an air in fam'd _Cloth Fair_;│ stumbling. │
│12│run their │ In _Grub Street_ well were _fed_. │ │
│ │ │ │ │
│13│rigs, │We got our _shoes_ in _Leather Lane_; │ ♀ ☍ ♑ ♌ ☋ │
│ │ │ Our _hats_ in _Hatton Garden_; │ │
│14│and │We'd quite a catch in _Ha'penny Hatch_, │ For look, │
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