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Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 100, June 20, 1891
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Title: Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 100, June 20, 1891
Author: Various
Release Date: September 10, 2004 [EBook #13422]
Language: English
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PUNCH,
OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
VOL. 100.
June 20, 1891.
ON THE RIVER.
[Illustration]
A light canoe, a box of cigarettes, Sunshine and shade; A conscience free from love or money debts To man or maid;
A book of verses, tender, quaint, or gay, DOBSON or LANG; Trim yew-girt gardens, echoing the day When HERRICK sang;
A Thames-side Inn, a salad, and some fruit, Beaune or Hochheimer;-- Are simple joys, but admirably suit An idle rhymer.
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A 'BUS 'OSS'S MEMS.
(_KEPT DURING A RECENT SOCIAL CRISIS._)
_Saturday, June 6_, 11 P.M.--Home after our last turn. Fancy from several drinks had on the way, and the pace we had to put into that last mile and a half, that something's up. Turned into stall nice and comfortable, as usual.
Sunday.--Something is up with a vengeance. Hoorooh! We're on strike. I don't know the rights of it, nor don't care, as long as I have my bit of straw to roll in, and a good fe