In the course of an eleventh-hour effort to destroy the Agriculture Bill Lord Lincolnshire described the Prime Minister's Christmas motto as Tax Vobiscum; and the success of his jape served as a partial solace for the defeat of his motion.
Old Sea-dog (to nervous passenger). "Roll? She can roll! D'ye see them marks on the wall? That's our feet."
A WARNING FROM THE SKY.
[The latest form of mascot is a trinket-model of the sign of the zodiac under which one was born.]
'Twas Caution bade me: "Think a while;
Calm thought may prove your saviour;
You've only seen her gala style