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... -SC] AN APRIL FOOL. jec Cs Go look for truth in deism, or sense in absenteeism. c Or discouragement to theism, in a Cambridge school; Ml Court an author for his pence, read Shelley for his sense, je, And dub yourself from hence-forth an April fool! Ma Believe ...

POETRY

... now can feel a drubbing like a mule' While Perceval at last, has really made us fast, And then the Bill tns passed-Oh, you April Fool I Now Cobbett's morals mend, lhe calis The Times his friend Oir cares are at an end, O'Connell's grown a tool; i For ...

THE MIRROR OF FASHION

... sent to her apartment, and it was found on the chimney-place. Upon which the young lady said,she had made the messenger an April fool (Pois- son d'Avril). The pleasantry, however, did not ind so happily, for the young lady was jocularly recom- mended to ...

A LEGEND OF THE COVENANTERS

... the sentinel. h The sentinel thougitt hiuutself too cunninig for her. April c fool ! cried he- April fool ! echoed the whole guard tl - April fool ?? repeated the Governor, when lie heard of si it. Hle gave orders, nevertheless, that the fact shotild ...

THE STAGE

... comedy gentleman, Thi or a melodramatic speaker. Hai OLYMPIC. In The manager has brought out a little piece, called the i 'April Fool,' the hint of which has been taken from a pic- In ture, by Buss, and which made its appearance about a Wi twelvemonth since ...

VARIETIES

... time c ry lie is disinissed with a tles in each tingling ear, tnil testily sends dovil it carpenter, wihto makes the same April fool of a painter, who thereuipoti catches the call-boy by the nape, and shakes him like a ferret with a rat, which provokes ...

LITERATURE AND NEWSPAPER CHAT

... you April Fool r Tule Lords aire growving wise; they write t00cr surprise, C Tue gravest tragedies, ats lifmuroarus ats Poole ; ii 'Their geniussoars so high, front them ittett Shskspeare fly, q Atid Mlilton's all siy eye~-Ohi, you April Fool!I a Sotme ...

Reviews

... rare en- it tertainment for all joke-loving readers. We subjoin lan- afew joes from aitu THdE TALKt OV THE MOtOTHt.PU THE APRIL FOOL OF THE MONTS1-The Earl of St. fide Germans played off some capitalls lskes on the first of chi, April. Most of the letters ...

Reviews

... does not afford rare en- tertainment for all joke-lovin.g readers. We subjoin a few jokes from TUE T sAU OF THE MONTH. THE APRIL FOOL OF THIZ MoNT4.-The Earl of St. Germans played off some capital Jokes on the first of April. Most of the letters which should ...

MUSIC AND THE DRAMA

... to with weatl. ness, but was given out with some applause. OLY.MpaC THEATRE.-A very clever farce, bearing the title of April Fool, founded on Jones's well-known picture, was produced here on Monday. The author has, with much tact and humor, contrived ...

Published: Sunday 23 May 1841
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 4725 | Page: 5 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

LITERATURE AND ART

... no one who opened them on the first oftbe month witha hope of entertainment, will have to cons- plain of being made an April fool. However, proof is better than assertion, so we dive at once into the fun of Peter Pop- 3C M. l{HI, a young dramatic ...

Published: Sunday 12 April 1840
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 6946 | Page: 8 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

Poetry

... loottrp. APRIL FOOLS. gE who mourneth day by day That his youth doth pass away Like the blossoms on the tree, Sure arn April-fool must be: For the blossoms fade and die That the tree may fruit supply; So youth fled, we e'er should find Fruitful wisdom ...