DOI issue:
January to June, 1849
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.16548#0215
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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
"I should think you did, indeed, SrLENTJS," says the other.
" I see your mouth's watering:. I'd ask you, only I know you're
engaged; ' You're always engaged, Nudgit—Not to-day? Well then,
you may come ; arid I say, Me. Nudgit, we'll have a wet evening,
Sir, mind you that."
Mr. Bowls, the butler, here coming in, Mr. Silenus falls into con-
versation with him about wines and icing. I am glad poor Nudgit
has got his dinner. He will go and walk in the Park to get up an
appetite. And now, Mr. Bob, having shown you over your new house,
1 too will bid you for the present farewell.
.GHENT Or A MAGYAR EPIC.
{Translatedfrom the original of Jauoscitazaczsky.J
fancy almost unparalleled for its wild extravagance. _ This tremendous
work, which has already witnessed the transformation of mature age
into senility, and the ripening of childhood into adolescence—which
has, in fact, " used up" the man and the boy, who figured in the early
pages of Punch—this apparently impossible achievement the enthu-
siasts we have alluded to, expect to bring to completion.
Another of their grand ideas is the drying up of the Trafalgar
Fountains by either the sponge of science, the mop of mechanical con-
trivance, or some other absorbent of equal power and efficiency. These
fountains which have so often brought a tear into the eye of the spec-
tator when the wind has been blowing in his face—these fountains to
which we have given many a wipe—will be speedily wiped out if the
would-be expeditors of the Good Time, are fortunate in the fulfilment
of their wishes.
Perhaps, however, the most patriotic of their plans is the removal of
the National Gallery, whose pepper-boxes we have so liberally peppered
And now thy skin-clad warriors appear,
Blue lake Skelzsasik fair Huschquschanear!
Where rolls the Pruth his crystal wave alon^,
And Choczim hears the patriot's gathering song :
Nor stony Schernetescht declines t he war,
Nor Szohisk spares her sons, nor stern Sztroczhar.
Whom brave Tsciiatschakz from fiat Rustschuckcha's plain
Leads, bloodv laurels under Bem to gain. I , ...... ,. . , ... „
Serenely stern they laugh at Austrian claims, ~a scheme which includes no hingless than the emancipation of the
Austria, that cannot e'en pronounce their names ! i ^ P™» Collection from the Black Hole to which it has been consigned
Long had thev marched, since from Kaczsienjk's old tower. : "'"A the utmost barbarity. I he completion ot the catalogue of the
They heard the tocsin toll the midnight hour : : Brltlsh Museum, now m its fortieth folio volume and second letter, is
Faintly they moved and slow, yet nothing sad,
Although refreshments were not, to be had.
And now on the horizon, faintly seen.
Rise Isazecjh's grey towers, and poplars green.
Whose mouldering walls have baffled long the boast
()f Soulick's and Jellachicii's united iiost.
J fold on, brave sons of Isazeejh ! for now
J [ungarian bayonets glint o'er Bozsaseh's brow ;
V\ eave, maids of Isazeejh, the conqueror's wreath
For valiant Klai-ka, and his band of death !
Near and more near, the wish'd relief draws nigh ;
Przcemyst's sons their trusty rifles ply,
And Uroszeg's tirailleurs, beneath whose hail,
Even the red-clad Szerezzaner quail,
Till back on Szalba-Egcrszegg they fall,
And draw safe breath beneath its sheltering wall.
Grant to thy votary, O Magyar Muse,
The spell'd as spo'en of Fonetic Nuz ;
While he essays to twine the civic bay,
For those who fought on red Isazecjh's day ;
And bids each genuine Magyar sadly turn
To Sziskszo's corse, and Blagowitzciiyen's urn.
Hidaschnemelhi weeps her Pagozdsch slain ;
Ne'er to Plevlicksk shall KLINDSCH return again ;
And Niskiki, reft of her gallant Gum, ' llPon "3 ™™f ^
Curses fierce Hardegg, and his Honveds grim. performances Lie last and
But dearly purchased was 1 hv life, Szokol I n0* the i<?as d.flieul of their
And thine, stout MlLKOSCH, of enduring soul • I ffhe".ics> S l¥ 1 niltatl0n °f
Five fell round each of FieiWs fierce brigade, ?SK * ^S^FvlSSl
And drunk with blood was Cnyzksciii's damask'd blade.
[Any person reading the above fluently, shall receive a file of the.....
Fonetic Nuz.'] street, and encount er an Apen'
nine of posting bills in every
crowded thoroughfare.
If success should crown the
efforts of the Associates, who
have combined to promote the
advance of the Good Time, we
shall have to thank them for ^
rescuing the assertion that ^^^^^^^^5jg^^^^%^"'--^rgtJtrJJ
" the Good Time is coming,"
from the doubt thrown upon it by its extreme tardiness in keeping
another of the grand designs undertaken by the Society we have
mentioned; who also intend agitating for the passing of an act to
prevent the erection of any
more statues to the Duke of »
Wellington. They will be ks ^4^. .JsL
satisfied to abide by the statu
quo, or, in other words, accept
every statue that is in exis-
tence ; but they will set their
faces against, or turn their
;se
which have reached a heit
so extreme that we meet a
Mont Blanc of puffs in every
THE GOOD TIME MOVEMENT.
YT i: are afraid that the Good Time Move-
ment is retarded by a sort of ralen-
tando, leading to an andanlUsiwo,
which causes the Good Time to be
exceedingly slow in coming.
Though we have not much sym-
pathy with anything in the shape [tr'appohatments''
of a last man, we are disposed to i
patronise a party of enthusiasts
who have, we understand, formed
key, and in all sorts of voices. Tl
Society in question, is exceedingly
sanguine in its views, as will easily
be seen when we slate the designs they hope to realise.
One of their first expectations, is the completion of the Bassi-relievi
of the Nelson Column, a project which speaks for itself as a freak of
themselves into a Society for acce- j A Cruel Dun.
lerating the Good Time which we j We hear a great deal said about the area of taxation ; whereas the
have been promised for the last tax-gatherer, instead,of ringing at the area, generally knocks at the
year, m a song that has been dinned j fr0I1| door with a double knock, aggravating the disa^reeableness of his
into our ears m every variety of | unwelcome errand by creating the expectation of a friendly visitor.
Reasonable Taxation.—Whatever dpubts may exist as to the policy
or justice of imposing a general rate-in-aid on Ireland, there can be no
objection whatever to the general rating to which Ms. BoKbuck the
ot her day subjected the Irish landlords.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
"I should think you did, indeed, SrLENTJS," says the other.
" I see your mouth's watering:. I'd ask you, only I know you're
engaged; ' You're always engaged, Nudgit—Not to-day? Well then,
you may come ; arid I say, Me. Nudgit, we'll have a wet evening,
Sir, mind you that."
Mr. Bowls, the butler, here coming in, Mr. Silenus falls into con-
versation with him about wines and icing. I am glad poor Nudgit
has got his dinner. He will go and walk in the Park to get up an
appetite. And now, Mr. Bob, having shown you over your new house,
1 too will bid you for the present farewell.
.GHENT Or A MAGYAR EPIC.
{Translatedfrom the original of Jauoscitazaczsky.J
fancy almost unparalleled for its wild extravagance. _ This tremendous
work, which has already witnessed the transformation of mature age
into senility, and the ripening of childhood into adolescence—which
has, in fact, " used up" the man and the boy, who figured in the early
pages of Punch—this apparently impossible achievement the enthu-
siasts we have alluded to, expect to bring to completion.
Another of their grand ideas is the drying up of the Trafalgar
Fountains by either the sponge of science, the mop of mechanical con-
trivance, or some other absorbent of equal power and efficiency. These
fountains which have so often brought a tear into the eye of the spec-
tator when the wind has been blowing in his face—these fountains to
which we have given many a wipe—will be speedily wiped out if the
would-be expeditors of the Good Time, are fortunate in the fulfilment
of their wishes.
Perhaps, however, the most patriotic of their plans is the removal of
the National Gallery, whose pepper-boxes we have so liberally peppered
And now thy skin-clad warriors appear,
Blue lake Skelzsasik fair Huschquschanear!
Where rolls the Pruth his crystal wave alon^,
And Choczim hears the patriot's gathering song :
Nor stony Schernetescht declines t he war,
Nor Szohisk spares her sons, nor stern Sztroczhar.
Whom brave Tsciiatschakz from fiat Rustschuckcha's plain
Leads, bloodv laurels under Bem to gain. I , ...... ,. . , ... „
Serenely stern they laugh at Austrian claims, ~a scheme which includes no hingless than the emancipation of the
Austria, that cannot e'en pronounce their names ! i ^ P™» Collection from the Black Hole to which it has been consigned
Long had thev marched, since from Kaczsienjk's old tower. : "'"A the utmost barbarity. I he completion ot the catalogue of the
They heard the tocsin toll the midnight hour : : Brltlsh Museum, now m its fortieth folio volume and second letter, is
Faintly they moved and slow, yet nothing sad,
Although refreshments were not, to be had.
And now on the horizon, faintly seen.
Rise Isazecjh's grey towers, and poplars green.
Whose mouldering walls have baffled long the boast
()f Soulick's and Jellachicii's united iiost.
J fold on, brave sons of Isazeejh ! for now
J [ungarian bayonets glint o'er Bozsaseh's brow ;
V\ eave, maids of Isazeejh, the conqueror's wreath
For valiant Klai-ka, and his band of death !
Near and more near, the wish'd relief draws nigh ;
Przcemyst's sons their trusty rifles ply,
And Uroszeg's tirailleurs, beneath whose hail,
Even the red-clad Szerezzaner quail,
Till back on Szalba-Egcrszegg they fall,
And draw safe breath beneath its sheltering wall.
Grant to thy votary, O Magyar Muse,
The spell'd as spo'en of Fonetic Nuz ;
While he essays to twine the civic bay,
For those who fought on red Isazecjh's day ;
And bids each genuine Magyar sadly turn
To Sziskszo's corse, and Blagowitzciiyen's urn.
Hidaschnemelhi weeps her Pagozdsch slain ;
Ne'er to Plevlicksk shall KLINDSCH return again ;
And Niskiki, reft of her gallant Gum, ' llPon "3 ™™f ^
Curses fierce Hardegg, and his Honveds grim. performances Lie last and
But dearly purchased was 1 hv life, Szokol I n0* the i<?as d.flieul of their
And thine, stout MlLKOSCH, of enduring soul • I ffhe".ics> S l¥ 1 niltatl0n °f
Five fell round each of FieiWs fierce brigade, ?SK * ^S^FvlSSl
And drunk with blood was Cnyzksciii's damask'd blade.
[Any person reading the above fluently, shall receive a file of the.....
Fonetic Nuz.'] street, and encount er an Apen'
nine of posting bills in every
crowded thoroughfare.
If success should crown the
efforts of the Associates, who
have combined to promote the
advance of the Good Time, we
shall have to thank them for ^
rescuing the assertion that ^^^^^^^^5jg^^^^%^"'--^rgtJtrJJ
" the Good Time is coming,"
from the doubt thrown upon it by its extreme tardiness in keeping
another of the grand designs undertaken by the Society we have
mentioned; who also intend agitating for the passing of an act to
prevent the erection of any
more statues to the Duke of »
Wellington. They will be ks ^4^. .JsL
satisfied to abide by the statu
quo, or, in other words, accept
every statue that is in exis-
tence ; but they will set their
faces against, or turn their
;se
which have reached a heit
so extreme that we meet a
Mont Blanc of puffs in every
THE GOOD TIME MOVEMENT.
YT i: are afraid that the Good Time Move-
ment is retarded by a sort of ralen-
tando, leading to an andanlUsiwo,
which causes the Good Time to be
exceedingly slow in coming.
Though we have not much sym-
pathy with anything in the shape [tr'appohatments''
of a last man, we are disposed to i
patronise a party of enthusiasts
who have, we understand, formed
key, and in all sorts of voices. Tl
Society in question, is exceedingly
sanguine in its views, as will easily
be seen when we slate the designs they hope to realise.
One of their first expectations, is the completion of the Bassi-relievi
of the Nelson Column, a project which speaks for itself as a freak of
themselves into a Society for acce- j A Cruel Dun.
lerating the Good Time which we j We hear a great deal said about the area of taxation ; whereas the
have been promised for the last tax-gatherer, instead,of ringing at the area, generally knocks at the
year, m a song that has been dinned j fr0I1| door with a double knock, aggravating the disa^reeableness of his
into our ears m every variety of | unwelcome errand by creating the expectation of a friendly visitor.
Reasonable Taxation.—Whatever dpubts may exist as to the policy
or justice of imposing a general rate-in-aid on Ireland, there can be no
objection whatever to the general rating to which Ms. BoKbuck the
ot her day subjected the Irish landlords.