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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│1835.] │ AUGUST. │
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│ │ In AUGUST,—so the Planets say,— │
│ │ Every _Dog_ shall have his _Day_; │
│ │So at _Hounds_ditch they meet, with much frisking and │
│ │ larking; │
│ │And proceed to the choice of a Member for _Barking_. │
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│ M│ Season's │ =Odd Matters.= │ WEATHER. │
│ D│ Signs. │ │ │
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│ 1│scamper │RIGDUM FUNNIDOS confesseth to having │ │
│ │ │purloined the following veritable │ │
│ 2│away │story; but when or where, his memory │ If the │
│ │ │deposeth not:— │ │
│ 3│the │ │ weather │
│ │ │ │ │
│ 4│deuce │ OYSTER DAY. │ ♎ ♅ ☉ ♂ ♍ │
│ │ │ │ │
│ 5│to pay │Paddy was sent to Billingsgate, on │ │
│ │ │the FIRST of AUGUST, to buy a bushel │ hath been │
│ 6│a mad │of Oysters. When he returned, "What │ │
│ │ │made you so long, Pat?" said his │ lasting, │
│ 7│dog is │master. "Long, is it? By my sowl, I │ │
│ │ │think I've been pretty quick, │ ☽ ♓ ☌ ☍ │
│ 8│over │considering all things." "Considering │ │
│ │ │what things?" "Why, considering the │ look for a │
│ 9│the │gutting of the fish."—"Gutting what │ │
│ │ │fish?"—"What fish! why the oysthers, │ change; │
│10│way │to be sure."—"What is it that you │ │
│ │ │mean?"—"What do I mane! why I mane, │ │
│11│he's │as I was resting meeself a bit, and │ │
│ │ │taking a drop to comfort me, a │ ☽ ☿ ♍ │
│12│bit │jontleman axed me what I had got in │ │
│ │ │the sack. 'Oysthers, sir,' says I. │ ♄ ☌ ♂ ♊ ♉ │
│13│a cow │'Let's look at them,' says he, and he │ │
│ │ │opened the bag. 'Och! thunder and │ I say │
│14│he's │praties!' said he, 'who sould them to │ │
│ │ │ye?' 'It was Mick Carney,' said I. │look for it,│
│15│bit │'Mick Carney!' said he; 'the thief o' │ │