Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, January 30, 1892 by Various
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their cocked 'ats? What do they call _them_?
_Jem_ (_a young man, who thinks for himself_). Well, I shouldn't wonder if those were the parties they call "Doges"--sort o' police over there, d'ye see? _Lizzie_. They're 'andsomer than 'elmets, I will say _that_ for them. (_They enter Modern Venice, amidst cries of "This way for Gondoala Tickets! Pass along, please! Keep to your right!"_ &c., &c.) It _does_ have a foreign look, with all those queer names written up. Think it's like what it is, JEM? _Jem_. Bound to be, with all the money they've spent on it. I daresay they've idle-ised it a bit, though. _The P.M._ Where are all these kinals they talk so much about? I don't see none! _Jem_ (_as a break in the crowd reveals a narrow olive-green channel_). Why, what d'ye call _that_, Ma? _The P.M._ That a kinal! Why, you don't mean to tell me any barge 'ud-- _The Opt. Husb._ Go on!--you didn't suppose you'd find the Paddington Canal in _these_ parts, did you? This is big enough for all _they_ want. (_A gondola goes by lurchily, crowded with pot-hatted passengers, smoking pipes, and wearing the uncomfortable smile of children enjoying their first elephant-ride._) That's one o' these 'ere gondoalers--it's a rum-looking concern, ain't it? But I suppose |
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