"Oh!!!—"
At this "Oh!!!" The Times Reporter
Was taken poorly, and retired;
Which made him cut Hat's rhetoric shorter,
Than justice to the case required.
On his return, he found these shocks
Of eloquence all ended quite;
And Wig lay snoring in his box,
And Hat was—hung up for the night.
[1] "Brim—a naughty woman."—GROSE.
[2]"Ghost[beneath].—Swear! "Hamlet.—Ha, ha! say'st thou so! Art thou there, Truepenny? Come on."
[3] His Lordship's demand for fresh affidavits was incessant.
THE PERIWINKLES AND THE LOCUSTS.
A SALMAGUNDIAN HYMN.
"To Panurge was assigned the Laird-ship of Salmagundi, which was
yearly worth 6,789,106,789 ryals besides the revenue of the
Locusts and Periwinkles, amounting one year with another
to the value of 2,485,768," etc.—RABELAIS.
"Hurra! hurra!" I heard them say,
And they cheered and shouted all the way,
As the Laird of Salmagundi went.
To open in state his Parliament.