And sympathizers may plume their wings
All in the clover as they lie.
Clown.—He seems to be of great authority; close with him, give him gold.
Punch in Canada, 1849.
EFFECT OF TORONTO BEER AND BEEF, ETC.
It is not unlikely that there was some physical ground for this reference to Lafontaine, although the satirist’s primary allusion is to the happy political effect of the calmer atmosphere in which the French leader was now living.
Punch in Canada, 1849.