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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│ 8│guns │They have a pious care for things of │ ⚹ ♊ ♈ ☌ │
│ │ │ venerable uses; │ │
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│ 9│and │And tho' some folks don't scruple much to │ at │
│ │ │ talk of revolution; │ │
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│10│per- │And many would not hesitate to change the │ this time, │
│ │ │ constitution; │ │
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│11│cussion │Yet this one thing's so cherish'd with a │ ♉ ♄ ☉ ♊ ☌ │
│ │ │ laudable affection,— │ │
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│12│locks │This idol of our ancestors, this mirror │ then │
│ │ │ for reflection,— │ │
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│13│powder │That in the very centre of fair London's │ will it be │
│ │ │ gorgeous city, │ │
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│14│horns │It reigns, as in the days of old, to glad │ otherwise; │
│ │ │ the wise and witty; │ │
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│15│and │Exhibiting the anxious care the Civical │ │
│ │ │ Nobility │ │
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│16│shot │Feel for the moral purity of London's │ ♀ ☍ ♑ ♌ ☋ │
│ │ │ chaste mobility: │ │
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│17│pocket │A long harangue I'd make of it, but flinch│ which will │
│ │ │ from your ferocity, │ │
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│18│pistols │Already rous'd up to the highest pitch of │ be worthy │
│ │ │ curiosity, │ │
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│19│charged │I'll tell you then what 'tis at once, and │ │
│ │ │ nothing more shall follow new,— │ │
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│20│with │It is that rural festival—the FAIR OF ST. │ │
│ │ │ BARTHOLOMEW │ │
│ │ │ │ of a │
│21│brandy │ │ │