When Wellington Thrashed Bonaparte, As Every Child

Life Is A Joke That's Just Begun.

If The Jests That You Crack Have An Orthodox Smack, You May Get A Bland Smile From These Sages; But Should It, By Chance, Be Imported From France, Half-a-crown Is Stopped Out Of Your Wages!

Who Knows But We May Count Among Our Intellectual Chickens Like Them An Earl Of Thackeray And P'raps A Duke Of Dickens

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I Accept Refreshment At Any Hands, However Lowly.