Excerpt: ...hold such terrors stuff; The odours flung from Smithfield dung To me smell sweet enough. I've my own graves to take the slaves Whom 'tis my mood to kill; The parish may the cost defray, Full pits my pockets ill. I've gains allowed from shell and shroud-- Each pauper brings his bill! When of my field an inch I yield, I yield it nothing loath; The vacant spot is straight a plot For Compensation's growth-- That vigorous weed whose fruitful seed I sow and harvest both. While thus I rule, the good old school ...
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Excerpt: ...hold such terrors stuff; The odours flung from Smithfield dung To me smell sweet enough. I've my own graves to take the slaves Whom 'tis my mood to kill; The parish may the cost defray, Full pits my pockets ill. I've gains allowed from shell and shroud-- Each pauper brings his bill! When of my field an inch I yield, I yield it nothing loath; The vacant spot is straight a plot For Compensation's growth-- That vigorous weed whose fruitful seed I sow and harvest both. While thus I rule, the good old school Rebellious spirits tames: My sway supports in camps and courts-- One shape of many names! Who dares make fight 'gainst Vested Right? Who dares gainsay my claims? Solution of Haunted Houses. A Haunted House is a tenement of any number of ordinary stories, to which is added an extraordinary one, in the form of a Ghost Story. Pg 138 THE GREAT MOUSTACHE MOVEMENT--FAIR PLAY FOR THE BAKER. A NEW DEPARTMENT OF FLUNKEYISM. One of our contemporaries--the Observer--not satisfied with registering the mere dinner-givings, dejeuners, migrations, and marriages of the "upper classes," has just started a new department, to which the rather alarming title of "Accidents in High Life" has been given. We are henceforth, it seems, to be treated to the details of aristocratic mishaps, and the public press is to inform us how Lord Tom Noddy tumbled into a ditch while hunting, or what slips have been made by Lady So-and-So . We presume we may anticipate, under the thrilling title of "Accidents in High Life," a few such paragraphs as the following: -- "We regret to hear of a rather uncomfortable casualty having occurred to the young Earl of Spoonbill . His lordship, while riding in Piccadilly, had the misfortune to run over a young miscreant who was carrying a basket of oranges. The young nobleman was somewhat shaken by the concussion, which it is understood was sufficiently violent to break the legs of the unhappy wretch who was the cause of it; but, as we ran by the side...
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Add this copy of Punch (Volume 170) to cart. $19.33, poor condition, Sold by Anybook rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1926 by The Office.
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Volume 170. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Library sticker on front cover. Some heavy foxing. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1950grams, ISBN:
Add this copy of Punch (Volumes 12 and 13) to cart. $22.89, poor condition, Sold by Anybook rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1897 by The Office.
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Volumes 12 and 13. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. 2 voluesm bound into 1. Large quarto, half leather. Marbled boards. Printed by Bradbury Agnew & Co. Covers loose. Backstrip missing. L: eather rubbed and torn. Bumped corners. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 2300grams, ISBN:
Add this copy of Punch (Volume 49) to cart. $24.58, poor condition, Sold by Anybook rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1865 by The Office.
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Volume 49. This book has hardback covers. Ex-library, With usual stamps and markings, In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 850grams, ISBN: