The Comic Almanack, Volume 1: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humerous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities — David Hume — John Shaqi
The Comic Almanack, Volume 1: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humerous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities
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│ │ silk │ │
│ 7│for prizes but were all put away again and none │ will be │
│ │ of us │ │
│ │got none only they awarded Master Key a new │ │
│ │ fourpenny │ │
│ 8│bit for his essay on Locke because his friends │ hung in │
│ │ live │ │
│ │next door and little Coombe got the tooth-ake so│ │
│ │ they │ │
│ 9│would not let him try his experiments on vital │ chains; │
│ │ air │ │
│ │which was very scurvy. It didnt come to my turn │ │
│ │ so I │ │
│10│did not get a prize but as the company was to │ │
│ │ stop │ │
│ │tea I put the cat in the water butt which they │ ☽ ♀ ♊ ♍ │
│ │ clean │ │
│11│it out in the holidays and they will be sure to │ │
│ │ find │ │
│ │her and we were all treated with tea and I did │ a dreadful │
│ │ not │ │
│12│like to refuse as they might have suspext │ │
│ │ something. │ │
│ │Last night we had a stocking and bolster fight │ doom! │
│ │ after │ │
│13│we went to bed and I fougt a little lad with a │ │
│ │ big │ │
│ │bolster his name is Bill Barnacle and I knocked │ │
│ │ his │ │
│14│eye out with a stone in my stocking but no body │ ♂ ☽ ☌ ♏ │
│ │ knows │ │
│ │who did it because we were all in the dark so I │ │
│ │ could │ │
│15│not see no harm in it. Dear Dick send me │ │
│ │ directly │ │
│ │your Wattses Hyms to show for I burnt mine and a│ but not │
│ │ lump │ │
│16│of cobblers wax for the masters chair on │ │
│ │ breaking up │ │
│ │day and some small shot to pepper the people │ so dreadful │
│ │ with │ │