Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 12, 1841 by Various
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GALVANISM OUTDONE. We have heard of the very dead being endowed, by galvanic action, with the temporary powers of life, and on such occasions the extreme force of the apparatus has ever received the highest praise. The Syncretic march of mind rectifies the above error--with them, weakness is strength. Fancy the alliterative littleness of a "Stephens" and a "Selby," as the tools from which the drama must receive its glorious resuscitation! * * * * * NEWS FOR THE SYNCRETICS. _(Extracted from the "Stranger's Guide to London.")_ Bedlam, the celebrated receptacle for lunatics, is situated in St. George's-fields, _within five minutes' walk of the King's Bench_. There is also another noble establishment in the neighbourhood of Finsbury-square, where the unhappy victims of extraordinary delusions are treated with the care and consideration their several hallucinations require. * * * * * PEEL "REGULARLY CALLED IN." At length, PEEL is called in "in a regular way." Being assured of his |
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