The Comic Almanack, Volume 1: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humerous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities
David Hume · en
│ │ excused attendance │ │
│ │at the Cabinet Ministers' dinners; ditto from Mr. │ │
│ │ _Place_ │ │
│10│(it is supposed neither will be dispensed with); │ divers other │
│ │ the memorial of │ │
│ │the men of genius as to the foundation of a │ │
│ │ college for the cultivation │ │
│11│of the _Muses_ among the _Happy-nine_ mountains, │ aspects │
│ │ and the petition │ │
│ │of the Royal Society of _Beggars_ for leave to │ │
│ │ hold their court │ │
│12│in the ruins of _Rag_-land Castle. │ ♌ ♑ ♓ │
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│13│ │ denote │
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│14│ │ sundry │
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│15│Isaac Walton died. │ mishaps │
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│16│ EPITAPH. │ and │
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│17│Rejoice, ye little fishes all! │ mischances │
│ │ Ye tickle-bats and minnows! │ │
│18│A human _pike_ without a _sole_, │ ⚹ ☍ ♀ ♈ │
│ │ Has left this world of sinners. │ │
│19│Ye gentle gentils, grieve no more! │ to Little │
│ │ Your pangs perhaps he feels; │ │
│20│For now a greedier _pike_, grim Death, │ Britain; │
│ │ Has laid him by the h_eels_. │ │
│21│ │ and if │
│ │[Illustration] │ │
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│23│_Cannon_-ization of Antwerp, 1832. │ │
│ │ │ the lord of │
│24│Captain Parry among the Esquimaux. Great _Seal_ │ │
│ │ stolen. │ │
│ │ │ the Sixth │
│25│[Illustration] │ │
│ │ │ House, │
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