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Title: Punch
Year: 1841 (1840s)
Authors: Lemon, Mark, 1809-1870 Mayhew, Henry, 1812-1887 Taylor, Tom, 1817-1880 Brooks, Shirley, 1816-1874 Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), 1836-1917 Seaman, Owen, 1861-1936
Subjects: English wit and humor English wit and humor, Pictorial
Publisher: (London) : (Punch Publications Ltd., etc.)
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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es constantly in voluntary motion around him, andmaking all manner of noises, the fellow in charge of them would feelhimself too uncomfortable to remain. He would speedily obey theintimations conveyed by them in rapping out messages which he wouldinterpret as unmistakeable requests to be off. The atmosphere of thesticks would be too hot to hold the Man in Possession, who would dis-cover them to be the subjects of a possession prior to his own; effectspossessed by emissaries of a personage worse than even his ownemployer. ^_^ Notice of Motion. Mr. Punch, to move that, with a view to save the public time andallow legislation to proceed, yet nevertheless to enable HonourableMembers fond of talking to ask all manner of questions and make noend of speeches on the affairs of Europe,, and other topics foreign toBritish interests, and to the purpose of Parliament, the whole Businessof the Nation be referred to a Select Committee. t co OH O CO H Kj W Hi Wi—i CO Q ft fcdo ft OO t1i—ico ft©
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o Hft t1O uo o ft &di—i i> t> Q a CO CO -fr^ w^vn^ March 23, 1861.) PUNCH, OH THE LONDON CHARIVARI. 123 OUR ROVING CORRESPONDENT. My dear Punch, Having the honour to be your Roving Correspondent, Inaturally feel it my duty to keep up my erratic character as much aspossible. I have recounted to you my experience of various placesfrom ancient Rome to Modem Athens, and, later, have not allowed thepaltry consideration of cab-hire to interfere with my Metropolitan pere-grinations in search of a text. But the question is now, in whatdirection to proceed. Shall I take counsel of the Muses—bid thea:saddle me Pegasus with all possible dispatch? Alack! Clio will nomore come at my summons than Mrs. Kinahan, my laundress, whoallowed me to ring seventeen times this morning before she answeredthe bell; and as for Pegasus, I can scarcely afford to keep a cob. Therewas a humbler and more familiar winged creature to whom we appealedin early days. The form of invocation was, as far as I r

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