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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, May 24, 1890Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, May 24, 1890[The Report of the Sweating Committee says that "the inefficiency of many of the lower class of workers, early marriages, and the tendency of the residuum of the population in large towns to form a...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, May 26, 1920Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, May 26, 1920A peculiar incident is reported from a large town in the South of England. It appears that one day last week a bricklayer lost count of the number of bricks he had laid, with the...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, May 17, 1890Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, May 17, 1890.My Dear Editor,Whilst you were feasting in Burlington House amongst the Pictures and the Royal Academicians, I was seated in the Stalls of the St. James's Theatre, lost in astonishment (certainly not in admiration, although...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, January 25th, 1890Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, January 25th, 1890Master J. H. Polly and I visited Madame Tussaud's,they have got Mr. Sala there, looking so amiable! We were pleased to see him! And Polly afterwards would take me into the Chamber of Horrors! But...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, March 29, 1890Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, March 29, 1890Verb. Yes, Papa is forty to-day; (innocently) fancy living to that age! The tenants have presented him with a handsome jar of mixed pickles, with an appropriate inscription. Papa is loved and respected by every...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, 1890.05.10Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, 1890.05.10It was the first day under the operation of the new Act. Everyone was a little nervous about the outcome, and John Jones, the Barrister, was no exception to the general rule. At three o'clock he was...
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The Casual Ward: Academic and Other OddmentsThe Casual Ward: Academic and Other Oddmentsp. viNearly all the flights in this book have been first taken in the Cornhill Magazine, the Oxford Magazine, or the Saturday Review. They are reproduced by the kind permission of the Editors of these periodicals. I am...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, May 3, 1890Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, May 3, 1890.Once more we draw upon our favourite source of inspirationthe poems of the Misses Taylor. The dramatist is serenely confident that the new London County Council Censor of Plays, whenever that much-desired official is appointed,...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. CLVIII, January 7, 1920Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. CLVIII, January 7, 1920"Immense," he continued. "And it means the dawn of a new life for me. I'm Wells's hero. Every time I've appeared in his half-yearly masterpiece, ever since Tono Bungay. And look at the mess he's...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. CL, April 26, 1916Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. CL, April 26, 1916General Villa, in pursuit of whom a United States army has already penetrated four hundred miles into Mexico, is alleged to have died. It is not considered likely, however, that he will escape as easily...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, 19 April 1890Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, 19 April 1890Monday.Carmen exceptionally excellent. Miss Zlie de Lussan, gifted with a light, pleasant voice, sang admirably. Can't have "Trop de Zlie." Mr. Barton McGuckin, as Don Jim-along-Jos, did all that can be done with this weak-minded...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, April 12, 1890Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, April 12, 1890My Dear Mr. Punch,As the representative of Justice in this country, I appeal to you. And when I write this, you must not imagine that I claim, in my own person, to represent Justiceno, Sir,...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, April 5, 1890Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, April 5, 1890"Dear me, this is a surprise to meet you here! I didn't, you see, know you were in Town;" i.e., By which I wish her to understand that I hadn't seen that prominent account of...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 22, 1890Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 22, 1890I've jest been told another staggerer. Well, it seems then that, in one of the werry largest and werry poppularest of all the Citty Parishes, sum grand old Cristian Patriots of the holden times left...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, March 15, 1890Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, March 15, 1890[The Bull, after some consideration, decides to accept this retractation, and retreats with dignity to his stall, the door of which he carefully fastens after him. Exit Farmer Banks, L., as Lydia Banks enters R.,...
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Punch, or, the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 8, 1890Punch, or, the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 8, 1890."This is what the County Council's Licensing Bill for Places of Entertainment did not intend, as, according to the latest authoritative explanation, the L. C. C. does not consider Theatres as coming under the head...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 8, 1890Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 8, 1890Startling for Gourmets."Bisques disallowed." But it only refers to a new rule of the Lawn Tennis Association; so "Bisque d'crevisses" will still be preserved to us among the embarras de richesse(i.e. the trouble caused subsequently...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 22nd, 1890Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 22nd, 1890Royal Berkshire.Go to Dowdeswell's, in Bond Street, and they will show you how County-history is written in the present day. It is altogether different to the dull, old, dry volumes, "the musty histories," which our...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 1, 1890Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 1, 1890A Diag-nose-is of Wine.The Case of Champagne set before Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Davies. Of course, the worthy Alderman, who is a judge of wine, needed only to raise the glass to his nose. He...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 February 15, 1890Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 February 15, 1890Mr. J. L. T. Yes, Sir, but I hope soon to be back again. I am looking forward to the voyage as an excellent digestive to all the luncheons, dinners, and suppers I have been...
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