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Title: Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 103, July 30, 1892

Author: Various

Release Date: February 7, 2005 [EBook #14919]

Language: English

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PUNCH,

OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

VOL. 103.

July 30, 1892.

IAGO IN BIRMINGHAM.

(_SHAKSPEARE ONCE MORE ON THE SITUATION._)

[Illustration]

_Iago_ MR. J-S-PH CH-MB-RL-N.
_Roderigo_ MR. J-SSE C-LL-NS.

_Roderigo._ Thou told'st me thou did'st hold him in thy hate.

_Iago._ Despise me, if I did not. The great ones of the City,
In personal suit to make me his Lieutenant,
Off-capped to him:--and, by the faith of man,
I know my price--I am worth no worse a place;
But he, as loving his own pride and purposes,
Evades them with a bombast circumstance,
Horribly stuffed with epithets of war;
And, in conclusion,
Nonsuits my meditators; for, "Certes," says he,
"I have already chose my officer." And who was he?
Forsooth, a great Arithmetician.
* * * * *
That never set a squadron in the field,
Nor the division of a battle knows
More than a spinster; unless the bookish theorick,
Wherein the toged Consul can propose
As masterly as he; mere prattle, without practice,
Is all his soldiership.
_But, Sir, he had the Election!_

* * * * *

A RESULT OF BEING HOSPITABLE.

SCENE--_Small, but Fashionable Club in West-End._

_Algy._ Waiter! bring me a brandy-and-soda. Don't feel up to the
average to-day.

_Hughie._ Late last night?

_Algy._ 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.

_Charlie_ (_waking up from arm-chair_). Were _you_ a victim too? I
didn't see you there!

_Algy._ No. Because I probably left before you arrived. I had had
enough of it in an hour, and came on h