Punch, Volume 290Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman Punch Publications Limited, 1986 - English wit and humor |
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Page 94
... March 1444 was the sad day when the excisemen caught up with Johann Gutenberg , the patron saint of printing , and ex- tracted from him the ( then ) mas- sive sum of one guilder for the contents of his wine cellar ; although he was not ...
... March 1444 was the sad day when the excisemen caught up with Johann Gutenberg , the patron saint of printing , and ex- tracted from him the ( then ) mas- sive sum of one guilder for the contents of his wine cellar ; although he was not ...
Page 59
... March 721BC was the day , or rather night , when one Ancient Babylonian remarked , " Has some- one switched the moon off or what ? " and the second Ancient Babylonian answered , " What , if you ask me " ; later it emerged as the first ...
... March 721BC was the day , or rather night , when one Ancient Babylonian remarked , " Has some- one switched the moon off or what ? " and the second Ancient Babylonian answered , " What , if you ask me " ; later it emerged as the first ...
Page 68
... March 1780 saw issue Number One of the first Sunday paper , The British Gazette and Sunday Monitor , which operated on state- of - the - art technology , i.e. , no col- our , no Wapping , no satellite links , no pictures of the Queen ...
... March 1780 saw issue Number One of the first Sunday paper , The British Gazette and Sunday Monitor , which operated on state- of - the - art technology , i.e. , no col- our , no Wapping , no satellite links , no pictures of the Queen ...
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