PUNCH is suffering from the prevailing epidemic—impecunimonia—or tightness of the chest. Why should he scruple to proclaim the honest truth ? He has no false pride to salve, no folly to atone, no extravagance to lament, no improvident to bewail. His affairs are dislocated because the time are out of joint. Having cast in his lot with the people of Victoria, he expects to share in their vicissitudes, and he claims no exemption from their reverses. Trade is ...
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Melbourne Punch (Vic. : 1855 - 1900), Thu 7 Feb 1861, Page 4
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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