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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│13│what │He's practising some other feats, │ ☉ ☽ ♑ ♀ │
│ │ │ Which time will soon reveal; │ │
│14│to do │One is, to squeeze an _Orange_ flat, │ │
│ │ │ And strip it of its _Peel_. │ jogging │
│15│the │ │ │
│ │ │The next he'll find a toughish job, │ │
│16│Season's │ For one so far in years; │ along │
│ │ │He wants to pull an old _House_ down, │ │
│17│Signs │ That's now propp'd up by _Peers_. │ │
│ │ │ │ │
│18│are │I've heard of physic thrown to dogs, │ ☉ ♊ ♓ ♓ │
│ │ │ And very much incline │ │
│19│now │To think it true, for we've a pack │ slowly and │
│ │ │ Who only _bark_ and _w_(h)_ine_. │ │
│20│so few │ │ │
│ │ │The _Turnspit_ of the sad old days │cautelously;│
│21│and │ Is vain enough to boast, │ │
│ │ │Altho' his "occupation's gone," │ │
│22│all │ He still could _rule the roast_. │ ☽ △ ♓ │
│ │ │ │ │
│23│that │But turnspits now are out of date,— │ │
│ │ │ We all despise the hack, │ feeling │
│24│I have │And in the kitchen of the state │ │
│ │ │ We still prefer a _Jack_. │ my way, │
│25│got │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │
│26│to say │ │ │
│ │ │ │as it were, │
│27│is, take │ │ │
│ │ │ │ with │
│28│care of │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │
│29│Saint │ │ ♄ ♃ ♂ ☉ ⚹ │
│ │ │ │ │
│30│Swithin's │ │ my eye at │
│ │ │ │ │
│31│day! │ │ │
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_STANZAS, addressed to Mrs...., of ... Terrace
Cat and Mutton Fields._