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... rt 4. London: riper, Brothers, and Co., 28, * Paternoster-row. n Dioenes has thrown much wit into the illustrations: April Fool for instance is good, and so is Trying it on. A momentous question, &e. The literary part is o 11=om1rous mingled ...

MASTER PUNCH'S COPY BOOK

... a host in him- self.-Punch. AN APRIL FooL.-The Reform speecbes termi- nated at a quarter to one o'clock in the morning of the first I of April. An appropriate ending to so foolish a beginning I I But the real April Fool in this protracted practical joke ...

Our Library Table

... goes home to Clerkencvell together. That was April Fool day. I was able to count up to ten ; and when Aptil Fool Day come round again, I says to myself, 'Now, old chap, you're one and a eight in it.' April Fool day after that I says, ' now, old chap your'e ...

THE GREAT EXHIBITION

... tickets for the Great Exhibition. We need scarcely say the officials were exceedingly angry at being made the mark for April fool jibes, and forthwith di- rected inquiries to be set on foot to trace the concoctors of the hoax, and subject them to punishment ...

Published: Sunday 06 April 1851
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2874 | Page: 12 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THEATRES, &c

... turns out, to. be no other than the witty Warnba (Buckstone),. Jester to Cedric, and rich in jests of the olden time, and an April fool in the bargain. Nine tailors are represented, we are gravely informed, by a gentleman of acknowledged ability. Mrs. Fitz- ...

Published: Sunday 07 April 1850
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 9551 | Page: 11 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture