Punch, Volume 100Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman Punch Publications Limited, 1891 - Caricatures and cartoons |
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Page 235 - Shylock, we would have moneys:' you say so; You, that did void your rheum upon my beard, And foot me as you spurn a stranger cur Over your threshold: moneys is your suit. What should I say to you? Should I not say 'Hath a dog money? is it possible A cur can lend three thousand ducats?
Page 204 - And all their echoes mourn. The willows and the hazel copses green Shall now no more be seen Fanning their joyous leaves to thy soft lays.
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Page 49 - MOTHER. Lor' bless the boy ! there ain't nothen to see yet ; you'll see well enough when the Curting goes up. (Curtain rises on opening scene?) Look, Jimmy, ain't that nice, now ? All them himps dancin' round, and real fire comin...
Page 49 - ... THE ATTENDANT. Order, there, Gentlemen, please — unless you want to get turned out ! No standing allowed on the seats — you're disturbing the performance 'ere, you know ! [JIMMY is made to sit down, and weeps silently ; the hubbub gradually subsides— and THE OWNER OF THE HAT triumphs — for the moment.
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