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Seven pages of sentiment--Lame leg, light purse, heavy heart--Pshaw!--Never mind-- [Illustration: "THINGS MAY TAKE ANOTHER TURN"] VOL. II. "Adieu, my native land," &c.--D.I.O.--"We part to meet again"--Death or glory--Red coat--Laurels and rupees in view--Vows of constancy, eternal truth, &c--Tom swells the brine with tears--Clare wipes her eyes in cambric--Alas! alack! oh! ah!--Fond hearts, doomed to part--Cruel fate!--Ten pages, poetry, romance, &c. &c.--Tom in battle--Cut, slash, dash--Sabres, rifles--Round and grape in showers--Hot work--Charge!--Whizz--Bang!--Flat as a Flounder--Never say die--Peace--Sweet sound--Scars, wounds, wooden leg, one arm, and one eye--Half-pay--Home--Huzza!--Swift gales--Post-horses--Love, hope, and Clare Grey-- [Illustration: "I'D BE A BUTTERFLY," &c.] VOL. III. "Here we are!"--At home once more--Old friends and old faces--Must be changed--Nobody knows him--Church bells ringing--Inquire cause--(?)--Wedding--Clare Grey to Job Snooks, the old pawnbroker--Brain whirls--Eyes start from sockets--Devils and hell--Clare Grey, the fond, constant, Clare, a jilt?--Can't be--No go--Stump up to church--Too true--Clare just made Mrs. Snooks--Madness!! rage!!! death!!!!--Tom's crutch at work--Snooks floored--Bridesman settled--Parson bolts--Clerk mizzles--Salts and shrieks--Clare in a swoon--Pa' in a funk--Tragedy speech--Love! vengeance! and damnation!--Half an ounce of laudanum--Quick speech--Tom unshackles his wooden pin--Dies like a hero--Clare pines in secret--Hops the twig, and goes to glory in white muslin--Poor Tom and Clare! they now lie side by side, beneath [Illustration: "A WEEPING WILL-OH!"] * * * * * LESSONS IN PUNMANSHIP. We have been favoured with the following announcement from Mr. Hood, which we recommend to the earnest attention of our subscribers:-- MR. T. HOOD, PROFESSOR OF PUNMANSHIP, Begs to acquaint the dull and witless, that he has established a class for the acquirement of an elegant and ready style of punning, on the pure Joe-millerian principle. The very worst hands are improved in six short and mirthful lessons. As a specimen of his capability, he begs to subjoin two conundrums by Colonel Sibthorpe. COPY. "The following is a specimen of my punning _before_ taking six lessons of Mr. T. Hood:-- "Q. Why is a fresh-plucked carnation like a certain _cold_ with which children are affected? "A. Because i
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