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
│ │ │ │If you don't│
│13│billing │In short, to find a lover kind, │ │
│ │ │ I've us'd all honest ways, │ ♊ ☌ ⊕ ♓ │
│14│wooing │I've pinch'd my toes, and no one knows │ │
│ │ │ How tight I've lac'd my stays. │ why then │
│15│cooing │ │ │
│ │ │Three times to-day, across the way, │ you won't: │
│16│eyes │ The postman has been seen— │ │
│ │ │And this makes four—at Jones's door │ │
│17│sighs │ One! two! "For Betty Green." │ ☊ ♅ ♑ ♎ ⚹ │
│ │ │ │ │
│18│mate │Well! on my word, old Major Bird │ Perhaps │
│ │ │ Stands making signs, I think,— │ │
│19│fate │(If Betty dares to set her snares,—) │there won't │
│ │ │ I'm sure I saw him wink. │ │
│20│love │ │ be one │
│ │ │I vow I'll call, and tell it all; │ │
│21│cold │ They'll give her instant warning; │ │
│ │ │And, but the river makes one shiver, │ ♃ ☉ ♐ ♋ ♉ │
│22│scratch │ I'd drown to-morrow morning. │ │
│ │ │ │nor t'other:│
│23│scold │ │ │
│ │ │ │ ☍ ☿ │
│24│fight │ │ │
│ │ │ │ Why then │
│25│bite │ │ │
│ │ │ │ 'twill │
│ │ │ │ happen │
│26│spite │ │ │
│ │ │ │ ♊ ☿ ⚹ │
│27│mope │ │ │
│ │ │ │ in │
│28│rope │ │some other. │
└──┴──────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘
HUMBUGGUM ASTROLOGICUM, PRO ANNO 1835.
VOX MULTORUM, VOX STULTORUM: _The Voice of the Many is the Voice of
a Zany.—It brawleth at all Places and Seasons._
[Illustration]
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