[1] A sort of "breakfast-power," composed of roasted corn, was about this time introduced by Mr. Hunt, as a substitute for coffee.
[2] The venerable Jeremy's phrase for his after-dinner walk.
[3] A phrase in one of Sir Thomas's last speeches.
[4] Great efforts were, at that time, making for the exclusion of foreign silk.
[5] "Road to Ruin."
[6] This is meant not so much for a pun, as in allusion to the natural history of the Unicorn, which is supposed to be, something between the Bos and the Asinus, and, as Rees's Cyclopaedia assures us, has a particular liking for everything "chaste."
A HYMN OF WELCOME AFTER THE RECESS.
"animas sapientiores fieri quiescendo."
And now-cross-buns and pancakes o'er—
Hail, Lords and Gentlemen, once more!
Thrice hail and welcome, Houses Twain!
The short eclipse of April-Day
Having (God grant it!) past away,
Collective Wisdom, shine again!
Come, Ayes and Noes, thro' thick and thin,—
With Paddy Holmes for whipper-in,—
Whate'er the job, prepared to back it;
Come, voters of Supplies—bestowers
Of jackets upon trumpet-blowers,
At eighty mortal pounds the jacket![1]