Mirror of Literature,  12 (1828), 109–10.

London Lyrics.—Table Talk

Anon

Genre:

Extract, Poetry, Drollery

Publications extracted:

New Monthly Magazine

Subjects:

Scientific Practitioners, Acclimatization, Surgery


    Warns: 'Shun technicals in each extreme; / Exclusive talk, whate'er the theme, / The proper boundary passes'. Observes: 'Jokes are like trees; their place of birth / Best suits them; stuck in foreign earth, / They perish in the process'. Apostrophizes 'Merriment' with the observation: 'when men entrap / Thy bells, and women steal thy cap, / They think they have trepann'd thee'. (110)



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