DOI issue:
August 18, 1866
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.16878#0084
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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
[August 18, 1866.
THE SEVEN AGES (IN A NEW STYLE OF ART).
“ At first, the Infant"—A boundless Sense of Enjoy-
ment DELICATELY GIVEN IN THE SECOND TOE OF THE
Right Foot.
“ And then, the whining Schoolboy, creeping like Snail"—
Under an overpowering Sense of Unwillingness,
DELICATELY SHOWN IN THE FORESHORTENING OF THE
Left Heel.
) V
“And then the Lover”—Notably' paying a Visit to his
“ Mistress,’’ at her Papa’s Belgkaytian mansion. Very
Beautiful nr the Lingering but Rhythmical Stride
that faultlessly Indicates a Sonnet wholly to “ Eye-
brows.”
.TriV
“ Then a Soldier”—The Wrinkles in his Right Boot marvellously sug-
gestive of “Strange Oaths;” the Left -altogether betokening his
honourable Jealousy ; both Feet marching, full of Power, after the
“ Bubble Reputation ” as fast as they can go at Quick March : the
CHIEF PRACTICAL OUTCOME OF THIS MATTER BEING THE SUBTLE SUGGESTION
THAT THE LOVER, FAILING TO ENGAGE THE AFFECTIONS OF HIS LADY, HAS
Enlisted in the Grenadiers.
“ Then the Justice"—Such “ Tops” as only dare be worn by
ONE WHOSE “ FAIR, ROUND BELLY ” IS LINED WITH GOOD CAPON
(not to say, Beef and Ale); whose “ Eye severe” matches
a formal-cut Mutton-Chop Whisker. See, also, with what
delicate Feeling the “ Wise Saws ” are expressed in the
Sole of the Right Boot.
“ The Sixth Age shifts into the lean and slippered ”—
A most pathetic Picture. Note how the turn-
ing of the Toes bears masterly -witness to the
ONCE MANLY VOICE PIPING AND WHISTLING “ IN HIS
sound.” But a real stroke of Genius, the mani-
fest impossibility of such slippers being worn
so down at Heel without “ Spectacles on Nose.”
“last Scene of All"— sans Everything.
Except a Foot-bath, which Shaks-
PEARE FORGOT TO MENTION.
To a Jolly Young Waterman.
(Advice from an Old Bird.)
Go well forward, and feather your oar
As long as you can; but, when no more
You ’re able to row, and your oar works o’er.
You ’ll settle down with pleasure to rest.
If you haven’t forgotten to feather your nest.
Ichthyological.
“ The Lord Chancellor has conferred the vacant" living of St. Margaret Pattens
on our excellent sub-editor, the Rev. J. L. Fish, M.A., of Exeter College. ’—John
Butt.-
A Wise appointment. Long, in sacred togs,
May this good priest read vespers and read matins :
But though we’ve often seen a Sole in Clogs,
We never saw before a Fish in Pattens.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
[August 18, 1866.
THE SEVEN AGES (IN A NEW STYLE OF ART).
“ At first, the Infant"—A boundless Sense of Enjoy-
ment DELICATELY GIVEN IN THE SECOND TOE OF THE
Right Foot.
“ And then, the whining Schoolboy, creeping like Snail"—
Under an overpowering Sense of Unwillingness,
DELICATELY SHOWN IN THE FORESHORTENING OF THE
Left Heel.
) V
“And then the Lover”—Notably' paying a Visit to his
“ Mistress,’’ at her Papa’s Belgkaytian mansion. Very
Beautiful nr the Lingering but Rhythmical Stride
that faultlessly Indicates a Sonnet wholly to “ Eye-
brows.”
.TriV
“ Then a Soldier”—The Wrinkles in his Right Boot marvellously sug-
gestive of “Strange Oaths;” the Left -altogether betokening his
honourable Jealousy ; both Feet marching, full of Power, after the
“ Bubble Reputation ” as fast as they can go at Quick March : the
CHIEF PRACTICAL OUTCOME OF THIS MATTER BEING THE SUBTLE SUGGESTION
THAT THE LOVER, FAILING TO ENGAGE THE AFFECTIONS OF HIS LADY, HAS
Enlisted in the Grenadiers.
“ Then the Justice"—Such “ Tops” as only dare be worn by
ONE WHOSE “ FAIR, ROUND BELLY ” IS LINED WITH GOOD CAPON
(not to say, Beef and Ale); whose “ Eye severe” matches
a formal-cut Mutton-Chop Whisker. See, also, with what
delicate Feeling the “ Wise Saws ” are expressed in the
Sole of the Right Boot.
“ The Sixth Age shifts into the lean and slippered ”—
A most pathetic Picture. Note how the turn-
ing of the Toes bears masterly -witness to the
ONCE MANLY VOICE PIPING AND WHISTLING “ IN HIS
sound.” But a real stroke of Genius, the mani-
fest impossibility of such slippers being worn
so down at Heel without “ Spectacles on Nose.”
“last Scene of All"— sans Everything.
Except a Foot-bath, which Shaks-
PEARE FORGOT TO MENTION.
To a Jolly Young Waterman.
(Advice from an Old Bird.)
Go well forward, and feather your oar
As long as you can; but, when no more
You ’re able to row, and your oar works o’er.
You ’ll settle down with pleasure to rest.
If you haven’t forgotten to feather your nest.
Ichthyological.
“ The Lord Chancellor has conferred the vacant" living of St. Margaret Pattens
on our excellent sub-editor, the Rev. J. L. Fish, M.A., of Exeter College. ’—John
Butt.-
A Wise appointment. Long, in sacred togs,
May this good priest read vespers and read matins :
But though we’ve often seen a Sole in Clogs,
We never saw before a Fish in Pattens.