The Comic Almanack, Volume 2: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humerous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities — David Hume — John Shaqi
The Comic Almanack, Volume 2: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humerous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities
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_Waiter._ "Oh! no,—as a commercial traveller, sir."
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TO DESCRIBE A CIRCLE ROUND A GIVEN POINT.—Get into a cab, and order the
driver to take you to the Bank of England.
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HOW TO SEE JENNY LIND'S PORTRAIT.—Visit an affected mother; let the
subject of your conversation be the Opera, and she is sure to introduce
one of her daughters who is universally acknowledged to be the "exact
picture of Jenny Lind."
INCREDIBLE TESTIMONIAL.
THE EARL OF OLDBUFFOUGH'S DAUGHTER'S DOLL
CURED BY THE USE OF
HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT, ROWLAND'S KALYDOR AND MACASSAR,
GRIMSTONE'S EYE SNUFF,
PARR'S LIFE PILLS, STOLBERG'S VOICE LOZENGES, ETC.
[Illustration:
MORRISON'S PILLS—A GREAT REDUCTION ON TAKING a QUANTITY.
]
Extract from an interesting Letter from Lady AMELIA (the lovely
Daughter of the venerable Earl of OLDBUFFOUGH) to her Cousin, Lady
ARAMINTA LAMB.
"NAPLES, _9th of October, 1848_.
"MY DEAREST, DEAREST, DEAREST, EVER FONDEST ARAMINTA,—On my arrival
here I was _so_ sorry to learn that my darling doll had been thrown
out of the carriage, and sadly hurt by the fall; but I must tell
you, first of all, she had been terribly upset by the shaking of the
steam-vessel, for she tumbled out of her berth, and it was a
thousand mercies she was not smashed into a thousand pieces. As it
was, the shock was too much for her delicate nerves, and she was
laid up for a month in a drawer. Her beautiful ringlets (auburn, you
will recollect) all fell off. Her lovely complexion had completely
gone from dropping into the sea, and her pretty eyelids, once so
quick, would neither open nor shut, though I tried pins and
everything I could think of to make her open them. Oh, Araminta
darling, believe me when I assure you I was tossed about so madly
that I was completely bouleversé.