And as for their little Bill (who paid it?)
It’s being examined by a Com-mit-tee
When next they want Lighthouse Commissioners
To examine the Scottish Coast, N.B.
Of candidates what crowds there’ll be!!
Punch. March 5, 1887.
A most exorbitant charge was made for the dinners and refreshments provided for these Commissioners.
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Thackeray’s Burlesque Analysis of the
Sorrows of Werther.
Werther had a love for Charlotte