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< 4 [ 4 U ^ th e' nobility apd gehtr 5 ^; avhoch \ i ^ r « i 6 qi ^ wtifldallydi » po 6 ed , aiM ^ ndedi iiiitfec large'hall of thfe Dtike < &f Sj ^ er ^ riiaiisdorfV pal ace to hear Mr . Pivot ' s speech- It was publicly announced by sound df-grfcto-tfea canisters throughout the k'iiigdom-i&f puppets . The king in person beat so loud upon his royal canister that all the court cried out with one acclaim , ' Gracious monarch ! whaft a noise he makes ! In truth , the king was merely out of tea , aad vacuity hath its advantages .
Meantime were assembled round the great hall , the grave premier of Puppetdom , Lord Snakeskin , in his last new coat ; the dandified ambassador , Count Riddlecap Ratifie ; the gallant Colonel Cracknel , covered with orders ; the learned Burgomaster , Spongecake ; and his haunchship , the Baron Von Puiichmyp&uneh just arrived from Bogie-land—accounted a good magician .
* . ' iDN " or was there a dearth of feminine beauty . Nor was this beaiity unaccompanied by talent ; brilliant as the eyes that gave additidnal rays to the words springing spontaneous from the mouthy and , through a double-entendre , conveying a treble . But this wafr the case with some of the he-sex also ; for the witty , though unprincipled , Marquis of Tipsycake , was universally allowed to have exceedingly fine eyes—quite bewitching . His income amounted to 7000 red sugar-plums , 200 acidulated cLrop 9 * per annum !
• ' 'A few * only of the names of the assembled ladies may be mentioned * There was the Marchioness of Honey pot , with along golden spoon slung over her alabaster shoulder ; her Fragrance , MiteiDuchess of Overblown , flaring in rouge and diamonds , with ausyUtabub it-urban , having a mince-pie , embossed and set in rubies , sfeuoki right in front . She was accompanied by a fair young friend ,
with a l \ pilf * inourning shawl stained in spanish-licorice , flung gracefully over one arm . She was no less an angel than the Lillyhood of Lookinglass Vale , whose husband was slain in the Cheesecake wars . Private reasons prevent our giving a further enumeration . The king was taken with a sudden indisposition , andeent an apology , written in high relief , upon a prodigious palictike ; and the queen also excused herself from hearing Mr . K > iot ' s speech , as she was engaged in lidding a magnum of
aroimt&a salts to the sovereign Nose ! Meantime all the assembled pomposity , beauty , and talent began to , be very impatient ; and the murmur incessantly en * ose , of Wi ^ ib ^ r . ^ is this Pivot ? ' The marquis made pu ns as fast > as possible , and gave great offence to the head profesa 6 r , S . Beahe , of Snapdragon Glen . lie would infallibly have been kicked ourt , { ha < 4 ha no ^ jwitfi . efll his charajcteristic tact ^ , suddenly drawn forth tei Jvnad&il' rif ; r ^ di ^ aigarHplun ^; . and Beatterrd it amohgp thein ;
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1835, page 332, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2645/page/40/
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