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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 'Tis rumour'd our Manager means to bespeak The Church tumblers from Exeter Hall for next week; And certainly ne'er did a queerer or rummer set Throw, for th' amusement of Christians, a summerset. 'Tis fear'd their chief Merriman, C?ke, cannot come, Being called off, at present, to play Punch at home; And the loss of so practis'd a wag in divinity Will grieve much all lovers of jokes on the Trinity; ? His pun on the name Unigenitus, lately Having pleas'd Kobert Taylor, the Reverend, greatly, f 'Twill prove a sad drawback, if absent he be, As a wag Presbyterian's a thing quite to see; And, 'mong the Five Points of the Calvinists, none of 'em Ever yet reckon'd a point of wit one of 'em. But ev'n though depriv'd of this comical elf, We 've a host of buffbni in Murtagh himself, See the Dublin Evening Post, of the 9th of this month (July), for an account of a scene which lately took place it a meeting of the Synod of Ulster, in which the performance of the above-mentioned part by the personage in question appears to have been worthy of all his former reputation in that line. t All are punsters if they have wit to be so; and therefore when an Irishman has to commence with a Bull, you will naturally pronounce it a bull. (A laugh.) Allow me to bring before you the famous Bull that is called Unigenitus, referring to the only-begotten Son of God.?Report of tlte Jtev. Doctor's Speech June 20, in the Recerd Newspaper. VOL. III. 22 Who of all the whole troop is chief mummer and mime, As C?ke takes the Ground Tumbling, he the Sub- IIWIB j And of him we're quite certain, so, pray, come in time. LETTEB II. PKOM MISS BIDDT FUDGE, TO MRS. ELIZABETH- Just in time for the post, dear, and monstrously busy, With godly concernments?and worldly o...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217785679 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217785670 |
| Weight | 0.38 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.26 In |
| List Price | $26.12 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 110 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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