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    • PLUCKING AN OLD BIRD.
    • VERY PERSONAL PROPERTY .
    • A TAP AT R ED TA PE.
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      P Ecember 7, 1867.3 The Tomahawk. 315

      P ecember 7 , 1867 . 3 THE TOMAHAWK . 315

      Plucking An Old Bird.

      PLUCKING AN OLD BIRD .

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      Oxford " If , -3 he £ scliy would lus were be ' plucked to present ' in his himself own tragedies to-day for . "^ examination -Mr . Lowe . at Scene I . ?—Interior of one of the Public . Examination-rooms in the " Schools" at Oxford . In centre two Examiners ' seated at table , upon which are a quantity of books , papers Greek , Dramatic &* c , d ^ c . A Seated ttthor of opposite some celebrity Examiners . Strangers , an ancient in

      gallery , 6 r ° c . one Examiner of your own { handing works , Sir book . ) . — Will We you will have take the a passage goodness from to translate the speech commencing , " 'AW' ^ SV and finishing same with , the into words homel " y rbv Eng ye . lish " { . Greek ) You Dramatic might have Author rendered , translates that will concluding a littl you e have more the ? goodness ssically , especiall to tell me y the what last is li the ne . force However of the ,

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      energy lutel — -to y this nothing great . work Have ! the You goodness know nothing to take about a chair it , , and Sir ; answer absothe following questions , fully , forthwith : — ( 1 . )—Distinguish anrtvaxand between trace their ye , yfi influence , n * v % re , on rbre the , ti literature , yannbv , of the , dog-days . ( 2 . )—To / ji What h * avx book irpeis of rvim Homer \ v Vi does & Sarvpta this come yvpvk from , \ b < p ? crari Scan p * .

      it , divide can it , and it . put the very worst construction you upon ( 3 . )—Gerebonius viii ., sec . in 27 , his page

      parallel Who has passages the best . of it ? Give reasons , and quote ( 4 . )—Show the immense good of all this . { $ . ) -- ^ Acco your \ int own , philosophicall pen "in your y Persa , for all . the obvious slips of ( 6 . )—Prove understood that the at great Oxford object , is not in classical to— education , as ( a . )—Waste valuable time on a useless hobby .

      (< S . )—Miss the real end of acquiring power over a with language the — literary -namel tr y easures , a thoroug it holds h acquainta under lock nce and key ; and , ( % )—Make languages Englishmen in Europe the worst . talkers of the dead vou Ex . Si Sir . { r taking : vou can can paper ero .. when finished from G . D . A . ) . —Thank you ; you go

      , { An interval of three hours . ) [ Exit G . D . A . Scene II . — { Exterior Crowd of of Undergraduates Schools . Testamurs R . and being JL . ) given out * College Friend { addressing G . D . A . ) . —I say , yEschylus , old fellow ; very sorry you ' re Curtain plucked . ! Never mind old boy .

      Very Personal Property .

      VERY PERSONAL PROPERTY .

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      of The personal Times assaults is at . length It is blowing quite intere the trumpet sted in the on matter the subject , and two goes so ears far give as n to say , that you , oug if for ht to passing be fined a bad at le sixpence ast a shilling , you get for relieving some advice somebody we have else already of one given . We in can these only pages repeat . As the long whol as eteari the law ng off con o ne ' e r ski s th n e re , m oval long of is it desirable ' s coat fel to ony be , prep and ared the for all eventualities VAAb WVJkA The evening 41 dress % fc ( for X ^ A , the & London |

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      A Tap At R Ed Ta Pe.

      A TAP AT R ED TA PE .

      Drawn We Understand Bthe Authorities Tha...

      drawn We understand bthe authorities that the at following the Horse regulations Guards and hav the e been War Office , up to meet y the wishes of the Government Officials residing in 1 Bombay . —Home . Regiments ordered to Indian service will embark , if across stationed the country due south from of a east line passing to west , throug from Aberdeen h London , , if draw sta n - tioned V *^^**^^«* ** north ^^* VAA % of * A MMtM said line A 41 AV from 1 * V * t * Ventnor * V 41 tJ > lV 4 « , < Isle * ***^ * of ^* Wi VV * g c f « ht A » . l

      embark 2 . —A in Reg four iment vessels travelling . The first from shi Aberdeen p ( containing to Bombay all the , com will - missioned make for New officers York , with , vid S the pain exception and the West of the Coast Adjutant of Africa ) , will , having i / id Hong crossed Kong the and Atlantic Sydney , she work will her proceed way round to Quebec to Bombay , and . and The horses second , if shi any p ) ( , containing will leave the Aberdeen non-commissioned and proceed officers to Sethe vastopol Boulogne journey , , vid Madrid will Herne be , Rome Bay accomp , , Greenwich and lished Constantinop on , Lambeth foot . le The , ; Westminster the third rest shi of p , ( containing the rank and file ) will ¥ round the # Cape The * m . *¦*

      fourth I VVltVU 4 ( containing lll * g blAV * M « AA the * m MAAM Adjutant * fc * wy ) will A A * go £ > proceed * »»*** w to * « . a Greenland . *^•*** + ^ ** r . , and wait Upon there this until declaration the North being -West made passage , the is declared Adjutant nav will igab im le - . mediately communicate with the War Office ( in aletter number addressed at the " Sub head -Division of this 25 circular , A . A . ) Z , . and Branch await , " and further quoting , orders the upon the subject .

      at 3 M . — argate Homeward , and proceed bound to Regiments their military will invariabl stations in y disembark cabs . 4 —Homeward bound Regiments will always put in for six instructed weeks' change to allow of air no at one Dieppe to land , but . Commanding Officers are lations 5 , —The will expense be borne attending by the British the carrying people . out of these regu-

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Dec. 7, 1867, page 315, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_07121867/page/3/