nday in
Scotland than on any other day; and, 3rdly, That the day of humiliation
was a close resemblance to a Scotch Sunday;--we may draw the inference
that the "humiliation" must have been complete. We have no doubt the
number of those that were either moved by the spirit, or kept from the
power of moving by the spirit, must have been enormous, on the occasion
alluded to.
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[Illustration: ORIGINAL SKETCH BY MR. PUNCH'S LITTLE BOY.]
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ADD THIS TO YOUR DICTIONARIES.
CORPORATION. Noun. Derived from _corps_, Fr., "deceased body," _oratio_,
Lat., "speaking," and _ration_, Eng., "victuals," and means a moribund
body, good for nothing but feeding and spouting.
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EXCESSIVE MILDNESS OF THE SEASON.--A Hansom Cabman took Sixpence for his
fare, the other day, without saying a single word.
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[Illustration: "DO YOU BELIEVE IN THIS TABLE TALKING, MATILDA, THAT
THERE'S SUCH A FUSS ABOUT?"
"OH DEAR NO! WHY, THE OTHER EVENING A TABLE WAS ASKED HOW OLD I WAS, AND
IT RAPPED OUT FORTY! RIDICULOUS; WHEN I'M NOT THREE-AND-TWENTY TILL NEXT
MARCH!"]
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"A STATUE TO ALBERT."
(_A Melody after_ MOORE.)
"A statue to ALBERT," said CHALLIS enchanted,
"I'll start in the City; the thought is divine."
The thought was conceived, and he now only wanted
The ear of the public to it to incline.
He wrote a few letters to people to bore them,
And ask them to second his fawning intent;
But so coldly the public appeared to ignore them,
That he saw they too plainly perceived what he meant.
"Oh how," cried SAM WILBERFORCE, "think of enshrining
The PRINCE by himself?--the proposal is dim;
But with it the Great Exhibition entwining,
We'll get in adroitly a statue of him."
The bargain was struck, and the project to dish up
They flew to a meeting, the plan to propound;
"Adieu," whispered CHALLIS, "you're not the first bishop
Who's kept his position by shifting his ground."
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A PLAN FOR THE SIMPLIFICATION OF PUBLIC ORATORY.
MR. PUNCH, who has suffered so much from the inordinate long-windedness
of our public orators in general, and of our senators in particular,
that he can thoroughly appreciate the misery which it must have
inflicted upon the nati
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