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AND
LONDON CHARIVARI
VOLUME THE FIRST.
LONDON:
PUBLISHED FOR THE PROPRIETORS, AT THE OFFICE, 85, FLEET STREET,
AND SOLD BY ALL BOOKSELLERS. | LONDON:
PUBLISHED FOR THE PROPRIETORS, AT THE OFFICE, 85, FLEET STREET,
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BRADURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS. | null | [] | 6 | 6 | null | null | [] | false |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0002 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 2 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0002 | INTRODUCTION.
HIS GUFFAWGRAPH is intended to form a refuge for destitute wit—an asylum for the thousands of orphan jokes—the superannuated Joe Millers—the millions of perishing puns, which are now wandering about without so much as a shelf to rest upon! It is also devoted to the emancipation of the Jew d'esprits all o... | null | [] | 203 | 203 | 0.950495 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0003 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 3 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0003 | PUNCH'S INTRODUCTION
REVIEWS.
To render this branch of the periodical as perfect as possible, arrangements have been made to secure the critical assistance of John Ketch, Esq., who, from the mildness of the law, and the congenial character of modern literature with his early associations, has been induced to undertak... | null | [] | 210 | 210 | 0.935484 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0004 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 4 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0004 | FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 17, 1841.
THE MORAL OF PUNCH.
As we hope, gentle public, to pass many happy hours in your society, we think it right that you should know something of our character and intentions. Our title, at a first glance, may have misled you into a belief that we have no other intention than the amuseme... | null | [] | 1,660 | 1,660 | 0.967624 | punchvol100a101lemouoft_0397 | [] | false |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0005 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 5 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0005 | A RAILROAD NOVEL.
Dear Punch,—I was much amused the other day, on taking my seat in the Birmingham Railway train, to observe a sentimental-looking young gentleman, who was sitting opposite to me, deliberately draw from his travelling-bag three volumes of what appeared to me a new novel of the full regulation size, and... | null | [] | 996 | 996 | 0.982938 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0006 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 6 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0006 | CONSIDERING TO THE CATEGORIES OF "CANT."
It is necessary, therefore, to the full development of the art, that it be brought into such an exposition, as to be able to arrange his polling books according to the different categories, and the bribed to see in what class he shall most properly express it as to bring it (as... | null | [] | 1,509 | 1,509 | 0.024911 | null | [
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sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0007 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 7 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0007 | THE PROFESSIONAL SINGER
Have any of PUNCH's readers ever met one of the above genus—or rather, have they not? They must; for the race is imbued with the most persevering hic et ubique powers. Like the old' mole, these Truepennies "work i' th' dark:" at the Theatres, the Opera, the Coal Hole, the Cider Cellars, and the... | null | [] | 1,901 | 1,901 | 0.972064 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0008 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 8 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0008 | A CONVERSATION BETWEEN TWO HACKNEY-COACH HORSES.
KINDLY COMMUNICATED BY OUR DOG "TOBY."
DEAR SIR,—I was a-sitting the other evening at the door of my kennel, thinking of the dog-days and smoking my pipe (blessings on you, master, for teaching me that art!), when one of your prospectuses was put into my paw by a spanie... | A CONVERSATION BETWEEN TWO HACKNEY-COACH HORSES.
KINDLY COMMUNICATED BY OUR DOG "TOBY."
DEAR SIR,—I was a-sitting the other evening at the door of my kennel, thinking of the dog-days and smoking my pipe (blessings on you, master, for teaching me that art!), when one of your prospectuses was put into my paw by a spanie... | [
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sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0009 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 9 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0009 | STREET POLITICS.
A DRAMATIC DIALOGUE BETWEEN PUNCH AND HIS STAGE MANAGER.
(Enter Punch.)
Punch.—R-r-r-roo-to-toot-tootit?
(Sings.) "Wheel about and turn about,
And do jes so;
Ebery time I turn about,
I jump Jim Crow."
Manager.—Hollo, Mr. Punch! your voice is rather husky today.
Punch.—Yes, yes; I've been making mysel... | null | [] | 1,237 | 1,237 | 0.933759 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0010 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 10 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0010 | CANDIDATES UNDER DIFFERENT PHASES.
CANVASSING.
What a love of a child
THE DEPUTATION.
Why you want me if you think me
THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE.
Constituents rascals.
THE HUSTINGS.
Don't mention it I beg.
THE PUBLIC DINNER.
The proudest moment of my life. | null | [] | 42 | 42 | null | null | [] | true |
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sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0012 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 12 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0012 | FINE ARTS.
PUNCH begs most solemnly to assure his friends and the artists in general, that should the violent cold with which he has been from time immemorial afflicted, and which, although it has caused his voice to appear like an infant Lablache screaming through horse-hair and thistles, yet has not very materially ... | FINE ARTS.
PUNCH begs most solemnly to assure his friends and the artists in general, that should the violent cold with which he has been from time immemorial afflicted, and which, although it has caused his voice to appear like an infant Lablache screaming through horse-hair and thistles, yet has not very materially ... | [
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ENGLISH—it has been remarked a thousand and odd times—is one of the few languages which is unaccompanied with gesticulation. Your veritable Englishman, in his discourse, is as chary as your genuine Frenchman is prodigal, of action. The one speaks like an orac... | null | [] | 1,550 | 1,550 | 0.976882 | null | [] | true |
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PICKED UP IN KILLPACK'S DIVAN.
Cum notis variorum.
"EXCISE COURT.—An information was laid against Mr. Killpack, for selling spirituous liquor. Mr. James (the counsel for the defendant) stated that there was a club held there, of which Mr. Keeley, the actor, was treasurer, and many others of the theatrical prof... | null | [] | 1,050 | 1,050 | 0.960861 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0015 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 15 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0015 | THE DRAMA.
The "star system" has added another victim to the many already sacrificed to its rapacity and injustice. Mr. Phelps, an actor whose personation of Macduff, the Hunchback, Jaques, &c., would have procured for him in former times no mean position, has been compelled to secede from the Haymarket Theatre from a... | null | [] | 1,505 | 1,505 | 0.977166 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0016 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 16 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0016 | FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 24, 1841.
A MODEST METHOD OF FORMING A NEW BUDGET.
SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE DEFICIENCY OF THE REVENUE.
OOR 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 po... | null | [] | 1,224 | 1,224 | 0.973222 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0017 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 17 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0017 | SPORTING.
THE KNOCKER HUNT.
On Thursday, July 8, 1841, the celebrated pack of Knocker Boys met at the Cavendish, in Jermyn Street. These animals, which have acquired for themselves a celebrity as undying as that of Tom and Jerry, are of a fine powerful breed, and in excellent condition. The success which invariably a... | null | [] | 1,177 | 1,177 | 0.97649 | null | [] | true |
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Our printer's devil, with a laudable anxiety for our success, has communicated the following pathetic story. As a specimen of stenotypography, or compositor's short-hand, we consider it unique.
SERAPHINA POPPS;
OR, THE BEAUTY OF BLOOMSBURY.
Seraphina Pops was the daughter of Mr. Hezekiah Pops, a high... | STENOTYPGRAPHY.
Our printer's devil, with a laudable anxiety for our success, has communicated the following pathetic story. As a specimen of stenotypography, or compositor's short-hand, we consider it unique.
SERAPHINA POPPS;
OR, THE BEAUTY OF BLOOMSBURY.
Seraphina Pops was the daughter of Mr. Hezekiah Pops, a high... | [
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sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0019 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 19 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0019 | A CHAPTER ON BOOTS.
"Boots? Boots!" Yes, Boots! we can write upon boots—we can moralise upon boots; we can convert them, as Jacques does the weeping stag in "As You Like It," (or, whether you like it or not,) into a thousand similes. First, for—but, "our sole's in arms and eager for the fray," and so we will at once h... | null | [] | 1,789 | 1,789 | 0.942592 | null | [] | true |
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Look, look! there's the grey filly, with the other made-to-measure feather on her back; do you notice how she has crawled up to the chesnut? Mark, mark! his arms appear to be India-rubber! Me... | null | [] | 1,934 | 1,934 | 0.951681 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0021 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 21 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0021 | PUNCH AND PEEL.
Arcades ambo.
READER.—God bless us, Mr. PUNCH! who is that tall, fair-haired, somewhat parrot-faced gentleman, smiling like a schoolboy over a mess of treacle, and now kissing the tips of his five fingers as gingerly as if he were doomed to kiss a nettle?
PUNCH.—That, Mr. Reader, is the great cotton-p... | READER.—God bless us, Mr. PUNCH! who is that tall, fair-haired, somewhat parrot-faced gentleman, smiling like a schoolboy over a mess of treacle, and now kissing the tips of his five fingers as gingerly as if he were doomed to kiss a nettle?
PUNCH.—That, Mr. Reader, is the great cotton-plant, Sir Robert Peel; and at t... | [
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sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0022 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 22 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0022 | PUNCH'S PENCILLINGS.—No. II.
HERCULES TEARING THESEUS FROM THE ROCK TO WHICH HE HAD GROWN.
(MODERNIZED.)
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sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0024 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 24 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0024 | THE ELECTION OF BALLINAFAD.
(FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.)
We have been at considerable expense in procuring the subjoined account of the election which has just terminated in the borough of Ballinafad, in Ireland. Our readers may rest assured that our report is perfectly exclusive, being taken, as the artists say,... | THE ELECTION OF BALLINAFAD.
(FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.)
We have been at considerable expense in procuring the subjoined account of the election which has just terminated in the borough of Ballinafad, in Ireland. Our readers may rest assured that our report is perfectly exclusive, being taken, as the artists say,... | [
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sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0025 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 25 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0025 | THE SAILOR'S SECRET.
In the year—let me see—but no matter about the date—my father and mother died of a typhus fever, leaving me to the care of an only relative, and uncle, by my father's side. His name was Box, as my name is Box. I was a baby in long clothes at that time, not even so much as christened; so uncle, tak... | null | [] | 1,505 | 1,505 | 0.972803 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0026 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 26 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0026 | CROSS READINGS.
(R.F.C.)
If you ever should be
In a state of ennui,
Just listen to me,
And without any fee
I'll give you a hint how to set yourself free.
Though dearth of intelligence weaken the news,
And you feel an incipient attack of the blues,
For amusement you never need be at a loss,
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sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0027 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 27 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0027 | THE DRAMA
ROMEO AND JULIET.
ITALY! land of love and maccaroni, of pathos and puppets—tomb of Romeo and Juliet—birth-place of Punch and Judy—region of romance—country of the concentrated essences of all these;—carnivals—I, Punch, the first and last, the alpha and omega of fun, adore thee! From the moment when I was cas... | null | [] | 1,776 | 1,776 | 0.973341 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0028 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 28 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0028 | FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 31, 1841.
POETRY ON AN IMPROVED PRINCIPLE.
Let 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 to permit others to improve upon it, and to bring it to that ... | null | [] | 1,328 | 1,328 | 0.97964 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0029 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 29 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0029 | THE DIARY OF A LORD MAYOR.
All the world is familiar with the "Diary of a Physician," the "Diary of an Ennuyée," the "Diary of a Lady of Rank," and Heaven knows how many other diaries besides! but who has ever heard of, or saw, the "Diary of a Lord Mayor"—that day-book, or blotter, as it may be commercially termed, of... | null | [] | 1,414 | 1,414 | 0.962158 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0030 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 30 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0030 | CIVILISATION.
"If an European," says Sir Joshua Reynolds, in one of his Discourses, "when he has cut off his beard, and put false hair on his head, or bound up his own hair in formal, hard knots, as unlike nature as he can make it, and after having rendered them immoveable by the help of the fat of hogs, has covered t... | null | [] | 1,100 | 1,100 | 0.976169 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0031 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 31 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0031 | NOUVEAU MANUEL DU VOYAGEUR.
These are the continental-trip days. All the world will be now a-touring. But every one is not a Dr. Bowring, and it is rather convenient to be able to edge in a word now and then, when these rascally foreigners will chatter in their own beastly jargon. Ignorant pigs, not to accustom themse... | NOUVEAU MANUEL DU VOYAGEUR.
These are the continental-trip days. All the world will be now a-touring. But every one is not a Dr. Bowring, and it is rather convenient to be able to edge in a word now and then, when these rascally foreigners will chatter in their own beastly jargon. Ignorant pigs, not to accustom themse... | [
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sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0032 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 32 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0032 | THE NEW HOUSE.
"This is the House that Jack (Bull) built."
Once there lived, as old histories learnedly show, a
Great sailor and shipbuilder, named Mister Noah,
Who a hulk put together, so wondrous—no doubt of it—
That all sorts of creatures could creep in and out of it.
Things with heads, and without heads, things dum... | null | [] | 1,581 | 1,581 | 0.966775 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0033 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 33 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0033 | PUNCH AND PEEL.
THE NEW CABINET.
Punch.—Well, Sir Robert, have you yet picked your men? Come, no mystery between friends. Besides, consider your obligations to your old crony, Punch. Do you forget how I stood by you on the Catholic question? Come, name, name! Who are to pluck the golden pippins—who are to smack lips ... | null | [] | 1,356 | 1,356 | 0.935369 | null | [] | true |
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PREPARATION.
DECORATION.
REALISATION.
TERMINATION.
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sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0036 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 36 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0036 | A FAIR OFFER.
In compliance with my usual practice, I send you this letter, containing a trifling biographical sketch, and an offer of my literary services. I don't suppose you will accept them, treating me as for forty-three years past all the journals of this empire have done; for I have offered my contributions to ... | A FAIR OFFER.
In compliance with my usual practice, I send you this letter, containing a trifling biographical sketch, and an offer of my literary services. I don't suppose you will accept them, treating me as for forty-three years past all the journals of this empire have done; for I have offered my contributions to ... | [
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sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0037 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 37 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0037 | THE WIFE CATCHERS.
A LEGEND OF MY UNCLE'S BOOTS.
"Ah! sure a pair was never seen,
More justly form'd——"
CHAPTER I.
ACK, said my uncle Ned to me one evening, as we sat facing each other, on either side of the old oak table, over which, for the last thirty years, my worthy kinsman's best stories had been told, "Jack," s... | null | [] | 1,586 | 1,586 | 0.974243 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0038 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 38 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0038 | THE ABOVE-BRIDGE NAVY.
AN ARTICLE INTENDED FOR THE "QUARTERLY REVIEW," BUT FALLEN INTO THE HANDS OF "PUNCH."
I.—Hours of the Starting of the Boats of the Iron Steam Boat Company. London: 1841.
II.—Notes of a Passenger on Board the Bachelor, during a Voyage from Old Swan Pier, London Bridge, to the Red House, Battersea.... | null | [] | 1,479 | 1,479 | 0.971744 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0039 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 39 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0039 | THE DRAMA
DUCROW AT SADLER'S WELLS.
When, in a melo-drama, the bride is placing her foot upon the first step of the altar, and Ruffiaano tears her away, far from the grasp of her lover; when a rich uncle in a farce dies to oblige a starving author in a garret; when two rivals duellise with toasting-forks; when such t... | null | [] | 1,699 | 1,699 | 0.981121 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0040 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 40 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0040 | FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 7, 1841.
THE WIFE-CATCHERS.
A LEGEND OF MY UNCLE'S BOOTS.
In Four Chapters.
"His name 'tis proper you should hear,
'Twas Timothy Thady Mulligin:
And whenever he finish'd his tumbler of punch,
He always wished it full agin."
CHAPTER II.
OU can have no idea, Jack, how deeply the loss of tho... | null | [] | 1,674 | 1,674 | 0.978328 | null | [] | true |
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OR, HOW TO LIVE UPON NOTHING.
BY VAMPYRE HORSELEECH, ESQ.
"Creation's heir—the world, the world is mine."—GOLDSMITH.
PHILOSOPHERS, moralists, poets, in all ages, have never better pleased themselves or satisfied their readers than when they have descanted upon, deplored, and denounced the perniciou... | null | [] | 1,484 | 1,484 | 0.968579 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0042 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 42 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0042 | LITERARY RECIPES.
The following invaluable literary recipes have been most kindly forwarded by the celebrated Ude. They are the produce of many years' intense study, and, we must say, the very best things of the sort we have ever met with. There is much delicacy in M. Ude leaving it to us, as to whether the communicat... | LITERARY RECIPES.
The following invaluable literary recipes have been most kindly forwarded by the celebrated Ude. They are the produce of many years' intense study, and, we must say, the very best things of the sort we have ever met with. There is much delicacy in M. Ude leaving it to us, as to whether the communicat... | [
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sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0043 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 43 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0043 | SUPREME COURT OF THE LORD HIGH INQUISITOR PUNCH.
"Lasciato ogni speranza, voi ch' intrate!"
JOHN BULL v. THE PEEL PLACE-HUNTING COMPANY.
MR. JOBTICKLER said he had to move in this cause for an injunction to restrain the Peel Place-hunting Company from entering into possession of the estates of plaintiff. It appeared... | SUPREME COURT OF THE LORD HIGH INQUISITOR PUNCH.
"Lasciato ogni speranza, voi ch' intrate!"
JOHN BULL v. THE PEEL PLACE-HUNTING COMPANY.
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BEING A VERY FAMILIAR TREATISE ON ASTRONOMY.
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BEING A VERY FAMILIAR TREATISE ON ASTRONOMY.
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We beg to invite attention to the aspect of our Foreign Affairs. It is dark, lowering, gloomy—some would say, alarming. When it smiles, its smiles deceive. To use the very mildest term, it is exceedingly suspicious. Let John Bull look to his pockets.
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sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0046 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 46 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0046 | PUNCH'S PENCILLINGS.—No. IV.
The Great Singer
FOREIGN AFFAIRS by
MOZART
WEBER
BEETHOVEN
HAYDN
HUMMEL
HANDEL
CHERUBINI
"MOZART REQUIEM" into a quadrille by M. Felling
John Leech
E. Landells Sc | null | [] | 29 | 29 | null | null | [] | true |
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sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0048 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 48 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0048 | THE MINTO-HOUSE MANIFESTO.
Some of our big brothers of the broad-sheet have expressed their surprise that Lord John Russell should have penned so long an address to the citizens of London, only the day before his wedding. For ourselves, we think it would have augured a far worse compliment to Lady John had he written ... | null | [] | 1,460 | 1,460 | 0.970934 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0049 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 49 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0049 | THE BOY JONES'S LOG.
PICKED UP AT SEA.
The following interesting narrative of the sufferings of the youth Jones, whose indefatigable pursuit of knowledge, under the most discouraging circumstances, has been the cause of his banishment to a distant shore, was lately picked up at sea, in a sealed bottle, by a homeward-b... | null | [] | 1,584 | 1,584 | 0.962264 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0050 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 50 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0050 | THE TWO MACBETHS.
OR THE HAYMARKET GEMINI.
O, Gemini-
Crimini!
Nimini-
Pimini
Representatives of the Tartan hero,
Who wildly tear a passion into rags
More ragged than the hags
That round about the cauldron go!
Murderers! who murder Shakspeare so,
That 'stead of murdering sleep, ye do not do it;
But, vice versa, send ... | Representatives of the Tartan hero,
Who wildly tear a passion into rags
More ragged than the hags
That round about the cauldron go!
Murderers! who murder Shakspeare so,
That 'stead of murdering sleep, ye do not do it;
But, vice versa, send the audience to it.
And, oh!—
But no—
Illustrious Mac-
Beth, or -ready,
And tho... | [
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sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0051 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 51 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0051 | A HINT TO THE UGLY.
My uncle Septimus Snagglegrable is no more! Excellent old man! no one knew his worthiness whilst he was of the living, for every one called him a scoundrel.
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sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0052 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 52 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0052 | FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 14, 1841.
THE WIFE CATCHERS.
A LEGEND OF MY UNCLE'S BOOTS.
In Four Chapters.
CHAPTER III.
ABERDASHERS, continued my friend the boot, are wonderful people; they make the greatest show out of the smallest stock—whether of brains or ribbons—of any men in the world. A stranger could not pass t... | FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 14, 1841.
THE WIFE CATCHERS.
A LEGEND OF MY UNCLE'S BOOTS.
In Four Chapters.
CHAPTER III.
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sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0053 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 53 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0053 | THE ROYAL LION AND UNICORN.
A DIALOGUE.
"GROUND ARMS!"—Birdcage Walk.
LION.—So! how do you feel now?
UNICORN.—Considerably relieved. Though you can't imagine the stiffness of my neck and legs. Let me see, how long is it since we relieved the griffins?
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sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0054 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 54 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0054 | LION.—Turn we to the Police-offices—there we are again. And there—good God!—to see the arrogance of ignorance! To listen to the vapid joke of his worship on the crime of beggary! To see the punishment of the poor—to mark the sweet impunity of the rich! And then are we not in the Old Bailey—in all the criminal courts! H... | LION.—Turn we to the Police-offices—there we are again. And there—good God!—to see the arrogance of ignorance! To listen to the vapid joke of his worship on the crime of beggary! To see the punishment of the poor—to mark the sweet impunity of the rich! And then are we not in the Old Bailey—in all the criminal courts! H... | [
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sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0055 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 55 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0055 | PUNCH'S RANDOM RECOLLECTIONS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
(IN HUMBLE IMITATION OF THE AUTHOR OF "THE GREAT METROPOLIS.")
No. I.—THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.
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sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0056 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 56 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0056 | CHARLES KEAN'S "CHEEK."
MR. PUNCH.—Myself and a few other old Etonians have read with inexpressible scorn, disgust, and indignation, the heartless and malignant attempts, in your scoundrel journal, to blast the full-blown fame of that most transcendant actor, and most unexceptionable son, Mr. Charles Kean. Now, PUNCH,... | CHARLES KEAN'S "CHEEK."
MR. PUNCH.—Myself and a few other old Etonians have read with inexpressible scorn, disgust, and indignation, the heartless and malignant attempts, in your scoundrel journal, to blast the full-blown fame of that most transcendant actor, and most unexceptionable son, Mr. Charles Kean. Now, PUNCH,... | [
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sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0057 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 57 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0057 | THE REJECTED ADDRESS OF THE MELANCHOLY WHIGS.
Alas! that poor old Whiggery should have been so silly as to go a-wooing.
Infirm and tottering as he is, it was the height of insanity. Down he dropped on his bended knees before the object of his love; out he poured his touching addresses, lisped in the blandest, most per... | THE REJECTED ADDRESS OF THE MELANCHOLY WHIGS.
Alas! that poor old Whiggery should have been so silly as to go a-wooing.
Infirm and tottering as he is, it was the height of insanity. Down he dropped on his bended knees before the object of his love; out he poured his touching addresses, lisped in the blandest, most per... | [
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sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0058 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 58 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0058 | PUNCH'S PENCILLINGS.—NO. V.
THE LAST PINCH. | null | [] | 6 | 6 | null | null | [] | false |
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Mr. Combe, the great phrenologist, or, as some call him, Mr. Comb—perhaps on account of his being so busy about the head—has given it as his opinion, that in less than a hundred years public affairs will be (in America at least) carried on by the rules of phrenology. By post... | null | [] | 1,613 | 1,613 | 0.977143 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0061 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 61 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0061 | PUNCH'S INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE.—NO. 2.
THE THERMOMETER.
General Description.—The thermometer is an instrument for showing the temperature; for by it we can either see how fast a man's blood boils when he is in a passion, or, according as the seasons have occurred this year, how cold it is in summer, and how hot in... | General Description.—The thermometer is an instrument for showing the temperature; for by it we can either see how fast a man's blood boils when he is in a passion, or, according as the seasons have occurred this year, how cold it is in summer, and how hot in winter. It is mostly cased in tin, all the brass being used ... | [
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sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0062 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 62 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0062 | MATRIMONIAL AGENCY.
LORD JOHN RUSSELL begs respectfully to inform the connubially-disposed portion of the community, that being about to retire from the establishment in Downing-street, of which he has so long been a member, he has resolved (at the suggestion of several single ladies about thirty, and of numerous juve... | null | [] | 1,088 | 1,088 | 0.969444 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0063 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 63 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0063 | THE DRAMA.
VAUXHALL GARDENS.
Some of the melancholy duties of this life afford a more subdued, and, therefore, a more satisfactory pleasure than scores with which duty has nothing to do, or those of mere enjoyment. If, for instance, the friend, whose feeds we have helped to eat, whose cellars we have done our part to ... | null | [] | 1,903 | 1,903 | 0.978466 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0064 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 64 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0064 | FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 21, 1841.
THE WIFE-CATCHERS.
A LEGEND OF MY UNCLE'S BOOTS.
In Four Chapters.
CHAPTER IV.
HE conversation now subsided into "private and confidential" whispers, from which I could learn that Miss O'Brannigan had consented to quit her father's halls with Terence that very night, and, before ... | null | [] | 1,684 | 1,684 | 0.972611 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0065 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 65 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0065 | NURSERY EDUCATION REPORT.--No. 2.
THE ROYAL RHYTHMICAL ALPHABET,
To be said or sung by the Infant Princess.
A stands for ARISTOCRACY,
a thing I should admire;
B stands for a BISHOP,
who is clothed in soft attire;
C beginneth CABINET,
where Mamma keeps her tools;
D doth stand for DOWNING-STREET, the "Paradise of Foo... | null | [] | 261 | 261 | 0.9 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0066 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 66 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0066 | THE GENTLEMAN'S OWN BOOK.
A COMPLETE ENCYCLOPÆDIA OF ALL THE REQUISITES, DECORATIVE, EDUCATIONAL, AND RECREATIVE, FOR GENTILITY.
INTRODUCTION.
A POPULAR ENCYCLOPÆDIA of the requisites for gentility—a companion to the toilet, the salons, the Queen's Bench, the streets, and the police-stations, has long been felt to b... | null | [] | 1,378 | 1,378 | 0.971831 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0067 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 67 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0067 | MY UNCLE BUCKET.
The Buckets are a large family! I am one of them—my uncle Job Bucket is another. We, the Buckets, are atoms of creation; yet we, the Buckets, are living types of the immensity of the world's inhabitants. We illustrate their ups and downs—their fulness and their emptiness—their risings and their fallin... | null | [] | 1,903 | 1,903 | 0.981073 | null | [] | true |
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EXTERNAL EXHIBITIONS.
Under this head it is our intention, from time to time, to revert to numberless free exhibitions, which, in this advancement-of-education age, have been magnanimously founded with a desire to inculcate a knowledge of, and disseminate, by these liberal means, an increased taste for the ... | FINE ARTS.
EXTERNAL EXHIBITIONS.
Under this head it is our intention, from time to time, to revert to numberless free exhibitions, which, in this advancement-of-education age, have been magnanimously founded with a desire to inculcate a knowledge of, and disseminate, by these liberal means, an increased taste for the ... | [
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ANIMAL MAGNETISM;
OR, SIR RHUBARB PILL MESMERISING THE BRITISH LION. | null | [] | 13 | 13 | null | null | [] | false |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0071 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 71 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0071 | PUNCH PUBLISHING - No. XL | null | [] | 5 | 5 | null | null | [] | false |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0072 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 72 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0072 | SUPREME COURT OF THE LORD HIGH INQUISITOR PUNCH.
PAT V. THE WHIG JUSTICE COMPANY.
This is a cause of thorough orthodox equity standing, having commenced before the time of legal memory, with every prospect of obtaining a final decree on its merits somewhere about the next Greek Kalends. In the present term,
COUNSELL... | null | [] | 1,691 | 1,691 | 0.963275 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0073 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 73 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0073 | LORD MELBOURNE'S LETTER-BAG.
The Augean task of cleansing the Treasury has commenced, and brooms and scrubbing-brushes are at a premium—a little anticipative, it is true, of the approaching turn-out; but the dilatory idleness and muddle-headed confusion of those who will soon be termed its late occupiers, rendered thi... | LORD MELBOURNE'S LETTER-BAG.
The Augean task of cleansing the Treasury has commenced, and brooms and scrubbing-brushes are at a premium—a little anticipative, it is true, of the approaching turn-out; but the dilatory idleness and muddle-headed confusion of those who will soon be termed its late occupiers, rendered thi... | [
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sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0074 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 74 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0074 | WIT WITHOUT MONEY:
OR, HOW TO LIVE UPON NOTHING.
BY VAMPYRE HORSELEECH, ESQ
CHAPTER II.
"A clever fellow, that Horseleech!" "When Vampyre is once drawn out, what a great creature it is!" These, and similar ecstatic eulogiums, have I frequently heard murmured forth from muzzy mouths into tinged and tingling ears, as ... | null | [] | 1,481 | 1,481 | 0.970027 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0075 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 75 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0075 | THE DRAMA.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS;
OR, THE COURT OF QUEEN ANNE.
Perhaps it was the fashion at the court of Queen Anne, for young gentlemen who had attained the age of sixteen to marry and be given in marriage. At all events, some conjecture of the sort is necessary to make the plot of the piece we are noticing somewhat pro... | null | [] | 2,116 | 2,116 | 0.98156 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0076 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 76 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0076 | FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 28, 1841.
THE HEIR OF APPLEBITE
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCES THE READER TO THE APPLEBITE FAMILY AND TO AGAMEMNON COLLUMPSION APPLEBITE IN PARTICULAR.
HE following is extracted from the Parliamentary Guide for 18—:—"APPLEBITE, ISAAC (Puddingbury). Born March 25, 1780; descended from his grandfather... | null | [] | 1,408 | 1,408 | 0.961424 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0077 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 77 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0077 | IMPORTANT NEWS FROM CHINA.
ARRIVAL OF THE OVERLAND MAIL!
August 28, 1841.
We have received expresses from the Celestial Empire by our own private electro-galvanic communication. As this rapid means of transmission carries dispatches so fast that we generally get them even before they are written, we are enabled to be... | IMPORTANT NEWS FROM CHINA.
ARRIVAL OF THE OVERLAND MAIL!
We have received expresses from the Celestial Empire by our own private electro-galvanic communication. As this rapid means of transmission carries dispatches so fast that we generally get them even before they are written, we are enabled to be considerably in a... | [
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sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0078 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 78 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0078 | THE GENTLEMAN'S OWN BOOK.
HAVING advised you in our last paper of "Dress in general," we now proceed to the important consideration of
DRESS IN PARTICULAR,
a subject of such paramount interest and magnitude, that we feel an Encyclopædia would be barely sufficient for its full development; and it is our honest convic... | null | [] | 1,211 | 1,211 | 0.973641 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0079 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 79 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0079 | THE CURRAH CUT;
OR, HOW WE ALL GOT A FI'PENNY BIT A-PIECE.
"Are the two ponies ready?"
"Yes!"
"And the ass?"
"All right!"
"And you've, all five of you, got your fi'pennies for Tony Dowlan, the barber, at Kells?"
"Every one of us."
"Then be off; there's good boys! Ride and tie like Christians, and don't be going double... | null | [] | 1,812 | 1,812 | 0.971491 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0080 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 80 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0080 | NARRATIVE OF AN AWFUL CASE OF EXTREME DISTRESS.
It was in the year 1808, that myself and seven others resolved upon taking chambers in Staples' Inn. Our avowed object was to study, but we had in reality assembled together for the purposes of convivial enjoyment, and what were then designated "sprees." Our stock consis... | NARRATIVE OF AN AWFUL CASE OF EXTREME DISTRESS.
It was in the year 1808, that myself and seven others resolved upon taking chambers in Staples' Inn. Our avowed object was to study, but we had in reality assembled together for the purposes of convivial enjoyment, and what were then designated "sprees." Our stock consis... | [
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sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0081 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 81 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0081 | IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
As the coming session of Parliament is likely to be a busy one—for Punch—we have engaged some highly talented gentlemen expressly to report the fun in the House. The public will therefore have the benefit of all the senatorial brilliancy, combined with our own peculiar powers of description. Sibth... | null | [] | 1,675 | 1,675 | 0.979714 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0082 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 82 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0082 | PUNCH'S PENCILLINGS.—No. VII.
BEARS GREASE
MUNTZ
Best Birmingham
RENT
THE BEGGARS PET
Election Returns
IRISH TOWELLING
MANUFACTURED
STANLEY & Co.
TRIMMING A W(H)IG. | null | [] | 23 | 23 | 0.227273 | null | [] | true |
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sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0084 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 84 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0084 | NAPOLEON'S STATUE AT BOULOGNE.
[The bronze statue of Napoleon which was last placed on the summit of the grand column at Boulogne with extraordinary ceremony, has been turned, by design or accident, with its back to England.]
Upon its lofty column's stand,
Napoleon takes his place;
His back still turned upon that land
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sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0085 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 85 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0085 | HINTS TO NEW MEMBERS.
BY AN OLD TRIMMER.
It being now an established axiom that every member goes into Parliament for the sole purpose of advancing his own private interest, and not, as has been ignorantly believed, for the benefit of his country or the constituency he represents, it becomes a matter of vast importanc... | null | [] | 1,382 | 1,382 | 0.971281 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0086 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 86 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0086 | SCHOOL OF DESIGN.
Several designing individuals, whose talents for drawing on paper are much greater than those of Charles Kean for drawing upon the stage, met together at Somerset House, on Monday last, to distribute prizes among their scholars. Prince Albert presided, gave away the prizes with great suavity, and mad... | null | [] | 1,175 | 1,175 | 0.953287 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0087 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 87 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0087 | THE DRAMA.
THE ITALIAN OPERA.
RETIREMENT OF RUBINI.
(Exclusive.)
N.B.—Punch is delighted to perceive, from the style of this critique, that, though anonymously sent, it is manifestly from the pen of the elegant critic of the Morning Post.
N a review of the events of the past season, the souvenirs it presents are not c... | null | [] | 1,934 | 1,934 | 0.949074 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0088 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 88 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0088 | FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 5, 1841.
THE GENTLEMAN'S OWN BOOK.
UR consideration must now be given to those essentials in the construction of a true gentleman—the cut, ornaments, and pathology of his dress.
THE CUT
is to the garment what the royal head and arms are to the coin—the insignia that give it currency. N... | null | [] | 1,414 | 1,414 | 0.971731 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0089 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 89 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0089 | "PUNCH'S" LITERATURE.
I. "The Hungarian Daughter," a Dramatic Poem, by George Stephens, 8vo., pp. 294. London: 1841.
II. "Introductory (!) Preface to the above," pp. 25.
III. "Supplement to the above;" consisting of "Opinions of the Press," on various Works by George Stephens, 8vo., pp. 8.
IV. "Opinions of the Press u... | null | [] | 1,426 | 1,426 | 0.976395 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0090 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 90 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0090 | of his ravings, be they even blasphemous; more than that he is a Syncretic genius, and his associates, by the designation they have chosen, by the terms of their agreement, are bound to cry each other up—to defend one another from the virulent attacks of common sense and plain reason. They are sworn to stick together, ... | null | [] | 1,334 | 1,334 | 0.985606 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0091 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 91 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0091 | THE BARTHOLOMEW FAIR SHOW-FOLKS.
Punch having been chosen by the unanimous voice of the public—the arbiter elegantiarum in all matters relating to science, literature, and the fine arts—and from his long professional experience, being the only person in England competent to regulate the public amusements of the people... | null | [] | 1,433 | 1,433 | 0.957359 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0092 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 92 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0092 | THE HEIR OF APPLEBITE.
CHAPTER II.
SHOWS HOW AGAMEMNON BECAME DISGUSTED WITH NUMBER ONE, AND THE AWFUL CONSEQUENCES WHICH SUCCESSEDED.
OUR old John's alarm was succeeded by astonishment, for without speaking a word, Agamemnon bounced into his bed-chamber. He thought the room the most miserable-looking room he had eve... | null | [] | 1,397 | 1,397 | 0.956427 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0093 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 93 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0093 | THE LETTER OF INTRODUCTION.
[From a MS. drama called the "Court of Victoria."]
Scene in Windsor Castle.
[Her Majesty discovered sitting thoughtfully at an escritoire.—]
Enter the Lord Chamberlain.]
Lord Chamberlain.—May it please your Majesty, a letter from the Duke of Wellington.
The Queen (opens the letter.)—Oh! a... | null | [] | 1,277 | 1,277 | 0.907066 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0094 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 94 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0094 | PUNCH'S PENCILLINGS.—No. VIII.
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sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0096 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 96 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0096 | THE MINISTRY'S ODE TO THE PASSIONS.
NOT BY COLLINS.
WHEN the Whig Ministry had run,
Nor left behind a mother's son,
The Tories, at their leader's call,
Came thronging round him, one and all,
Exulting, braying, cringing, coaxing;
Expert at humbugging and hoaxing;
By turns they felt an honest zeal
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sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0097 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 97 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0097 | THE LOST MEDICAL PAPERS OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.
"It is somewhat remarkable," observe the journals of the past week, "that the medical division of this scientific meeting has not contributed one single paper this year in furtherance of its object, although the communications from that section have usually been of a... | THE LOST MEDICAL PAPERS OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.
"It is somewhat remarkable," observe the journals of the past week, "that the medical division of this scientific meeting has not contributed one single paper this year in furtherance of its object, although the communications from that section have usually been of a... | [
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sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0098 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 98 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0098 | Amongst the principal, he enumerated "turning your toes up," "kicking the bucket," "putting up your spoon," "slipping your wind," "booking your place," "breaking your bellows," "shutting up your shop," and other phrases full of expression.
The last moments of remarkable characters were especially dwelt upon, in connex... | null | [] | 1,760 | 1,760 | 0.976785 | null | [] | true |
sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0099 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1 | sim_microfilm | 1 | 1,841 | 99 | sim_punch_1841-1846_1_0099 | After this, the masquerade proceeds with spirit. Isabella mixes in the festive scene, disguised in a domino, made of black sticking-plaster. Czerina overhears that she is a usurper and a changeling, and expresses her surprise in a line most unblushingly stolen from Fitz-Ball and the other poetico-melo-dramatists:—
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