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July 6, 1867.] THE TOMAHAWK. IO 5
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SOMETHING LIKE HOSPITALITY.
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ject The of the leading want journal of ...
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HARD LINES.
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A frightful accident occurred on Wednesd...
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PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF A CRITIC.
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Scene arrival —yones of a boy , a , crit...
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July 6, 1867.] The Tomahawk. Io 5
July 6 , 1867 . ] THE TOMAHAWK . IO 5
Something Like Hospitality.
SOMETHING LIKE HOSPITALITY .
Ject The Of The Leading Want Journal Of ...
ject The of the leading want journal of hosp has itality been disp unnecessaril layed by this y severe country on the towards subfew distinguished hours' journey foreign of potentates our splendid , who cap have ital latel . The y been Thunderer within a mi powered ght have to stat spared e , that his the bolts most on magnificent this occasion offers , as of we hosp are itality emand have other been distinguished made to nearl celebrities y all the . crowned We subjoin heads two of specimens Europe , of the invitations : —
No . I . From Emperor the Landlord and all of the the Czars " White of Russia Bear , " . — Piccadill Greeting y , . to the Honoured Sir , gorgeous I am able hosp to italities offer to of your the Imperial British Lion and — all I the mean Czars White -ship Bear , the , You bar I ^ C-bJ . ( I % up shall JL KJ to ^ V / have a C 4 * quart UUUl everything l > and UillVI . a « -V -half AAi ^ as Ali ¦ * dail man - « . « - * . J . J . y T . can «» N .- *• . B Jl —« desire . ¦• — A . — — ^ pot w th v of - e — run shandygaff —* —————— of — - j j the ^
the in when joint the and weather vegetables ' s ext ) ra at hot two ) , an o ' clock excellent ; breakfast ordinary ( ham ( cut and off muffins eggs ) at , at nine six in o ' clock the evening ; and . a A first glass -rate of meat something tea , with warm lots and of your spirituous noble Czarshi allowed p , at that ni you ght . won You ' t ; won so your ' t get Imperial a better Highness offer , had better come . Mr . the Landlord Yours to command of the , White Bear .
Piccadilly , W . No . II . JFrom . the King Mr . E of . Prussia T . Smith the , Royal Regenerator Cremorne and Hotel Spirited , to His Proprietor Majesty of Germany . , Your Illustrious and High-Minded Majesty ,
achievements The aromatic has fame dazzled ot your the ears magnanimous of all the civilized and victorious world and Cremorne . The British people welcomes your Majesty to , England ( if your Majesty comes there ) . Floats there the flag , stronger or blows did there they the but breeze know , which that oceans would purp not le float bosom and bore blow the th * i At Conqueror Cremorne of the Sadowa sumptuous on its home ermine of mantle indolence ? Certainl and the y aris not - .
tocracy ; the , chosen retreat of Royalty , and playground , of the Pope ; the Eden of the Old World , and the Paradise of the New , your strawberries Maiesty , hair will - find oil , blankets everything , coffee iced . , pocket Your Majesty -handkerchiefs ' s boots , , waiters will all , be will iced be . iced The ; everything air , the earth , in , fact the , except water— the yes , Welcome the very . The dinners at the Cremorne Hotel are excellent . Everybody who dines there once comes back again andlike Oliver Twist
; , , for or a More pious . admirer Fireworks of , England poetry , beauty 's gifted , jugg poetess lers , sherry , Hannah -cobblers , asks , performing Majesty . Come dogs and to Cremorne monkeys . , and A gorgeous bottle of flowers Cremorne await sherry your shall be provided your Majesty every night . Drink that , and your Majesty will bless the day when you first set your foot within the precincts of this Heaven on Earth .
I am , your Majesty ' s most Prussian devoted Blue , obedient servant , E . T . Smith , . Bismarck P . S . —If too your , Majesty he might would receive graciousl on the y bring Crystal the Count Platform von . England ' s " Houris " would greet him with applause .
Hard Lines.
HARD LINES .
A Frightful Accident Occurred On Wednesd...
A frightful accident occurred on Wednesday last on the entire line of the Great Eastern Railway . About half-past io a . m . the whole of the trains on this unfortunate line somehow or other rushed headlong into the Court of Chancery , who doing had considerable recently entered damage the —to the loy shareholders of the Company . One Laing if not ,
exactly as a stoker , at all events emp in a capacity in which , he was to make everything go ahead smoothly , fortunately jumped off the engine just before the catastrophe . Strange to say , that when the Line rushed into Vice-Chancellor Malins' Court the
A Frightful Accident Occurred On Wednesd...
reading Solicitor the -General last number ( who had of The just Tomahawk previously been ) dryl engaged y observed in , that that the it had politeness come nolens of our volens Chancery Malins Courts . Suffice is marvellous it for us . to The say , Receiver Line was , " whose received motto " most is cordiall " Bis dat y by qui an cito officer dat known "—only as he a doesn ' t care to act up to it .
Passages In The Life Of A Critic.
PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF A CRITIC .
Scene Arrival —Yones Of A Boy , A , Crit...
Scene arrival —yones of a boy , a , critic -who , is seated to bring i ? i him his chamber a parcel waiting of books for the books the review paper , which for . the Suddenl Jones straightway y -y a well knock , ws beg will is ins heard not to examine mention . Enter the thus boy name , solilo with of - quising to himself : — , " What ! two volumes of poems and two regulation three vol . now novels almost —and ei copy ght . to As be for sent the to poems the office , they by eleven may be !— dismissed and it is
speedil egregious y enough nonsense . ! ( Opens ( Reads them . ) . ) Good heavens . ' What 1 Deep was his frenzy , and deep his devotion Wildl Fondl y he y he gazed pressed on the the wilds fair maid of the in ocean his love — , , Uttered a prayer to the Godhead above !' in p I itch am two satisfied in . vols ( Seizes . ) . But I paper can wait read , and a moment no begins more to . ! write Who Now Poems , is then the , by for publisher Maudlin a good ? ,
and sneezed Smiffins in the , at i . as plenitude Smiffins I live ! of has his Smiffins at wisdom present is he in a seems man his hands who disposed my is not new to regard novel to be , i j it favourably . Smiffins also knows that I take the whole department of belles lettres under my especial care in the . not Can . I , Smiffins then , afford must to be wound conciliated his susceptible at feelings % and Certainl I must y alter my tune accordingly . Here goes any , then expense . ,
i ( Writes It is a . p ) leasure in these degenerate days , when drawingthing room connected cynics make with it sentiment their special to business come across to laugh a volume at every that - displays to us in all their sublime , simplicity poems that are at to of once the us tender obvious but we , unadulterated nom de venture plume , of passionate to Maudlin that . is he The altogether or brilliant sheas u the nknown owner case , dom may of a narrow be been ; , is our destined clique good may , and to fortune achieve that to at a meet no celebrity say distant with beyond a period collection the . , It mere of has verses limit
seltions in which a burning there are fervency mingled of poetic together insp in iration such faultless and the propor perfect - culture stone of of poetical a highly ability -educated , and mind it is . This in these is , in compositions fact , the touch by - Maudlin we read that that the we writer see it , fully while disp mounted layed . on We the feel fiery at every steed line of sult poesy is , a is series fully able of productions to control its which every it gives movement us real , and pleasure the re to - read . For instance , what can be better than this : '—Confound
the it it . , I I book have have again forgotten forgotten . Oh the the , this passage passage I think , , and and was 1 I it have have : not not time time to to open open " * Deep was his frenzy , and deep his devotion , & c . ' We are much mistaken if the author of these lines has not advanced more than one step towards the topmost peak of Parnassus . ( And so Jones writes on till he has completed three
quarters of a cohimn . ) novels " Now . ( that Opens the them poems . ) are Confound done , let it , me I wish have those a look wretched at the publishers this is quite would a relief send . This them book out seems with the well leaves written cut . . From Reall all y that few I can gather there during is a my and somewhat irit about hurried it perusal that deserves of these praise pages . As , to the plot , 1 go must say sp something of that . ( Turns
over decidedl the pages y good hurriedl ! It is y and neither reads sensational for about ten , nor minutes does ?) it Good want , tone sufficient matic of expressions the sp book irit to is keep ; health it has up y evidentl ; a it proper abounds y been amount in terse thought of , happy interest out , ep well . igram The and - carefully ( reads ?) i French novels , or , as they might more appropriately be called , a concentrated essence of the world ,
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Tomahawk (1867-1870), July 6, 1867, page 105, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_06071867/page/7/
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