The Man in the Moon, Volume 4

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Albert Smith, Angus Bethune Reach
"A monthly review and bulletin of new measures, new men, new books, new plays, new jokes, and new nonsense; being an act for the amalgamation of the broad gauge of fancy with the narrow gauge of fact into the grand general amusement junction"--Page [4] of covers, no. 1-9.
 

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Page 330 - Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow?
Page 120 - Beware of Spurious Imitations ! ! ! The only genuine of each bears the name of "ROWLANDS'" preceding that of the article on the Wrapper or LabeL GALIGNANI'S MEW PARIS GUIDE.
Page 120 - Magnificence ; and the confirmation by experience of the infallible efficacy of these creative renovating Specifics, have characterised them with perfection, and given them a celebrity unparalleled.
Page 163 - Parthenia," where a woman acted Parthenia, and came afterwards on the stage in men's clothes, and had the best legs that ever I saw, and I was very well pleased with it.
Page 281 - SAY, What is that thing called Light ? Which I can ne'er enjoy. What is the blessing of the sight ? O, tell your poor blind boy! 'You talk of wondrous things you see, You say,
Page 247 - Mr. L because he's got a pain in his head. Mr. M because he's got a pain in his side. Mr. N because he's got a pain in his back. Mr. O because he's got a pain in his chest. Mr. P because he's got a pain all over him. Mr. Q because he feels light and happy. Mr.
Page 279 - SW, which it held on at the pace of from twelve to fifteen miles per hour, apparently on some determined purpose. "The diameter of the Serpent was about fifteen or sixteen inches behind the head, which was, without any doubt, that of a snake ; and it was never, during the twenty minutes that it continued in sight of our glasses, once below the surface of the water. Its...
Page 183 - TANCE. (After Tennyson). Two children on Twelfth Night, all mirth and laughter, Obliged to take two powders the day after. Two strangers meeting at a morning call. Two lovers waltzing at a country ball. Two mouths to feed upon an income small. Two " lists to be retained " of various things Wash'd out of town to save home's direst curse. Two babies quite too much for one young nurse ; So flies the time of life on rapid wings. The Man in the Moon, Volume 4, 1848. THE PALACE OF ART. (A Parody, which...
Page 247 - Two or three catches were very nicely performed. At a late hour the meeting broke up, and some of the pieces were uncommonly pretty. WHY PEOPLE DRINK.
Page 119 - PUPPET SHOW : a pungent penny pictorial periodical, polishes popular politicians politely, punishes peevish prattling persons preaching pattern progress principles, pooh-poohs pompous presuming...

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