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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 7, 1841Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 7, 1841My uncle paused. I perceived that his eyes were full, and his tumbler empty; I therefore thought it advisable to divert his sorrow, by reminding him of our national proverb, Iss farr doch na skeal11....
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Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 1, July 31, 1841Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 1, July 31, 1841Let me earnestly implore you, good Mr. PUNCH, to give publicity to a new invention in the art of poetry, which I desire only to claim the merit of having discovered. I am perfectly willing...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, July 24, 1841Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, July 24, 1841Poor Mr. Dyer! And so this gentleman has been dismissed from the commission of the peace for humanely endeavouring to obtain the release of Medhurst from confinement. Two or three thousand pounds, he thought, given...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, July 30, 1892Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, July 30, 1892Algy. Yes. Went to Mrs. CRAMMERLY's Dance, Prince's Gate. Goodness knows why I went! I don't think they'll get me there again in a hurry. Algy. No. Because I probably left before you arrived. I...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 28, 1917Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 28, 1917Torpedoed mine-sweeper (to his pal). "AS I WAS A-SAYIN', BOB, WHEN WE WAS INTERRUPTED, IT'S MY BELIEF AS 'OW THE SUBMARINE BLOKES AIN'T ON 'ARF AS RISKY A JOB AS THE BOYS IN THE AIRY-O-PLANES."...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, July 16, 1892Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, July 16, 1892Brilliant Elector (at the Polling Station). "IT'S A STOUTISH KOIND OF A MAN, WITH A BALD 'EAD, AS AR WISHES TO VOTE FOR, BUT AR 'M BLESSED IF AR KNOW 'IS NAME!!" It is with...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, February 13, 1892Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, February 13, 1892Mr. CHAPLIN received a deputation on the subject of the Swine-fever last week. True to his dramatic instincts as regards the fitness of things, the Minister for Agriculture was, on this occasion, wearing a Sow-wester....
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, August 8, 1891Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, August 8, 1891Sir,Certainly throw open all our Town Halls for gratuitous concerts and dances! But that's not half enough. Some of us don't care for dancing, and abhor music. What I propose is that Free Billiard-tables should...
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Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, July 2, 1892Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, July 2, 1892Wednesday.WAGNER. Vainly the Daughters of the River, representing the floating capital of the Banks of the Rhine, cry "Woa! Woa!" The orchestra, under the direction of Herr MAHLER, takes no notice of them, but goes...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 11, 1917Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 11, 1917The question as to how America's army will assist the Allies has not yet been decided, so that President WILSON will still be glad of suggestions from our halfpenny morning papers. The military absentee who...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 21, 1917Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 21, 1917Count BERNSTORFF, it appears, was very much annoyed with the way in which certain Americans are supporting President WILSON, and he decided to read them a lesson they would not soon forget. So he left...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, June 25, 1892Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, June 25, 1892TABLEAU I.The Park at Versailles. "Gardeners," according to the "Argument" supplied with programmes, "are seen busily preparing for the arrival of King Louis the Fourteenth and his Court." If tickling the gravel gently with brooms,...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, June 18, 1892Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, June 18, 1892He is an elderly amiable little Dutchman in a soft felt hat; his name is BOSCH, and he is taking me about. Why I engaged him I don't quite knowunless from a general sense of...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, June 11, 1892Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, June 11, 1892In the Place Verte."The traveller," according to Bdeker, "should at once direct his steps to the Cathedral." Not going to be bullied by Bdeker! Shall assert my independence by directing steps somewhere else first. Carillon...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 21, 1892Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 21, 1892The speaker was a tall, robust maiden with fair hair; on her knee was an edition (without notes) of the Anabasis of Xenophon, and by her side was Liddell and Scott's Lexicon, in which she...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 14, 1892Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 14, 1892I am in favour of Mr. BRYCE's Access to Mountains Bill, and of Crofters who may be ambitious to cultivate the fertile slopes of all the Bens in Scotland. In fact, I am in favour...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 28, 1892Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 28, 1892On the Stage, the Scene represents "A Public Place before the Arsenal," where a number of artisans are apparently busily engaged in making horse-shoes on cold anvils in preparation for the launch of "The Adriatica."...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, June 4, 1892Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, June 4, 1892At the Douane, Ostend.Just off Princesse Henriette; passengers hovering about excitedly with bunches of keys, waiting for their luggage to be brought ashore. Why can't they take things quietlylike me? I don't worry. Saw my...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 28, 1917Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 28, 1917One of the latest peculiarities of the KAISER is an absolute horror at the thought of being prematurely buried. Several experts however say that this is impossible. It appears that HINDENBURG accuses the CROWN PRINCE...
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 7, 1892Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 7, 1892Lady Clara Robinson (ne Vere de Vere). "THANKS! HOW IS IT OMNIBUS MEN ARE SO MUCH CIVILLER THAN I'M TOLD THEY USED TO BE?" Conductor. "YOU SEE, LADY, THERE'S SO MANY DECAYED ARISTOCRACY TRAVELS BY...
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