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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 24, 1892Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 24, 1892And they made merry in the good old fashion. The pictures on the walls were covered with holly and mistletoe. They had come from British woods. Then the tables groaned with Christmas cheer. The baron...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 29, 1920Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 29, 1920No newspapers were published on Saturday, Sunday or Monday. We did not begrudge them their holiday, but we do think The Daily Mail might have issued occasional bulletins respecting the weather at Thanet, as we...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 28, 1893Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 28, 1893Is there no way, then, you may ask, in which the Head Keeper may be lured from his customary silence for more than a sentence or two? Yes, there is one absolutely certain method, and,...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 31, 1892Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 31, 1892It was on the 31st of December that they met. It had been arranged that at the final hour of the last day of the expiring year they should compare notes, and not one of...
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Little Classics, Volume 9 (of 18)Stories of ComedyARNY O'REIRDON was a fisherman of Kinsale, and a heartier fellow never hauled a net nor cast a line into deep water: indeed Barny, independently of being a merry boy among his companions, a lover of good fun and good whiskey, was...
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Nonsense DrolleriesNonsense Drolleries - The Owl & The Pussy-Cat—The Duck & The Kangaroo. London Engraved & Printed at Racquet Court, by Edmund Evans. ......Buy Now (To Read More)Product details Ebook Number: 20113 Author: Lear, Edward Release Date: Dec 15, 2006 Format: eBook Language: English
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, October 13, 1920Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, October 13, 1920According to The Evening News two miners recently played a quoit match for a hundred pounds. In all probability they are now agitating for the two shillings' increase to enable them to have a little...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 22, 1920Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 22, 1920Cinema stunt actors, says The Manchester Guardian, expect to be paid fifty pounds for a motor smash. It seems an injustice that ordinary pedestrians should have to take part in this sort of thing for...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-11-17Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-11-17 The matter having passed out of the hands of D.O.R.A., the Westminster City Council recommend the abolition of the practice of whistling for cabs at night. Nothing is said about the custom of making a noise...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 15, 1920Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 15, 1920Apparently the official decision not to issue Christmas excursion tickets for journeys of less than one hundred miles will inflict some inconvenience on the public. Several correspondents point out that they will be obliged to...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 11, 1920Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 11, 1920"We doubt," says a contemporary, "if the Government has effected much by refusing to let Dr. Mannix land on Irish shores." We agree. What is most wanted at the moment is that the Government should...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 8, 1920Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 8, 1920Lord Riddell, in giving his impression of President Wilson, says that his trousers and boots were not in keeping with the smartness of his appearance above the table. This is where the trained habits of...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 1, 1920Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 1, 1920Sir R. Baden-Powell recently declared that men contemplating matrimony would do well to notice whether their prospective brides gave an inside or an outside tread. We still maintain that the safest course is to remain...
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History of English Humour, Vol. 2History of English Humour, Vol. 2Transcriber's note: The astute reader will notice there is no Chapter XV in the Table of Contents or in the text. This was a printer's error in the original book. The chapters were incorrectly numbered, but no chapter was...
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History of English Humour, Vol. 1History of English Humour, Vol. 1 - With an Introduction upon Ancient HumourFew of the blessings we enjoy are of greater value than the gift of humour. The pleasure attendant upon it attracts us together, forms an incentive, and gives a charm to social...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, November 10, 1920Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, November 10, 1920 Owing to pressure on space, due among other things to the American election, the net sale controversy in one of our contemporaries was held over on Wednesday last. We are quite sure that neither...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-11-03Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-11-03 "The miners' strike," says a music-hall journal, "has given one song-writer the idea for a ragtime song." It is only fair to say that Mr. Smillie had no idea that his innocent little manuvre would lead...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-15Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-15 Fourteen thousand artificial teeth recently stolen from premises in East London have not been recovered. While not attempting to indicate the guilty party, we cannot refrain from pointing out that several Labour leaders have recently been...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, September 22, 1920Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, September 22, 1920 A curious story reaches us from the Midlands. It appears that it had been decided to call out the workmen in a certain factory, but the strike-leader had unfortunately mislaid his notes and could...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 30, 1917Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 30, 1917 A certain Kingston resident, when out walking, wears a white band on his hat, the with words, "Eat less bread. Do it now." Eyewitnesses report that the immediate rush of pedestrians to the tea-rooms...
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