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MELBOURNE PUNCH.[May 1, 1856.n ’li- ’I'h'.-rttri II-\ d. The I‘l-inr.Hc Theatre, in Little Bourko-stroet, riiMW- f\n\ *:setiing witli delighted celestial*.Mi , 1*. 1' u l.in-r’f* five ii- t ewinedy 11As c rented ft perfect furore, .■-.li ihc -•• lif'*r.i aiu-hed t-» tin* Merman Theatre gave the veteran i. i- . i- i »»n tin? twentieth night .•!’ it-* |M.lt;rfunnause., . u , »-cj ! odicipating the appearance of Mr. Patrick O'Rrien’ jh-i ',u.t j-'fit. “ Philological Recreations,” which, rumour lewerts,* n ;|j ..| i. e t 1j ivpreaentation of its erudite author on an imporihliabic f. ui,.I.»i!• -ri. The only other forthcoming novelty, in the world of j. tr.* My ton Flirtations with the Muses,” which is an-, ...li,:..I r-r publication next week.Amom: tin* reprints of the settfton, nrn tidied upon to notice a lt;li..rr/iir*:r « |e-*tu»ii I papers from the commercial columns of the 1 .(.-../I.*, wbi--h l“ hum.-nr. j.fulle r. I-mitv -f diction, picturesque-);on. ,.| ii.iir;«!i\i'. ..J'lm-Jit-rt of ■.object, r.v.uisile fancy, auil grace of .iv'f • on-.| arable with the heat pr-.dnotions of the best authors illo.tlo-r L- iiissplcr**.Vio -i 111o «•! J’ltnr/ i win- b our KiiirlUh reader* may not bo aware ,r , j. r»:ii' «r.ii gold. weighing fort\ seven too*, three hundred v. -gilt ail'I a -inarlei ) hits been placet! upon Its pedestal immediatelyi i i|,» lloiir-o • f Iat-U, and win be j. ddk-dy inaugurated on Thurs(| i- |'i 11. id it.\ 1/1 *-i i -li of t ho V icl.-riaii A - at I- my «-l A rt- -.pen* on Mi-mUy I'tt . i In- ijifiud pi- l iro Iihyo been -cut. of wliieh six Uuudruil ba\«.... j I- t-il.AUSTRALIAN DOUBLES.T li K F 1 ItST LAND SAL 1-1.By (.’HARLKS DU KENgON.Kvkiiybody said ho, The sharp-featured Jitfle pioneer with the shrill voice, aud tho sparse hair, and the parr cheeks, ami the shrunk garments, and the shrewd eyes, said ho So did the surly shepherd, wh never opened his mouth but to swear, nor lifted his hand hut to strike, excepting to drink. To drink ! It tainted his breath and palsied his bands, and furred Ids tongue, and thickened his voice, ami bleared hr* eyes, and ruddled his uum\ ami deepened tile traces of u di'a-dute life which were deeply engraven on that seamed And nun burnt face. Even he said no. A fat storekeeper, with a round shiny Imad, and round shiny cheeks. a round oily voice, and a round oily body, that rolled about upon a pair of rotiud oily legs, said so, to... They all said ho.Now, I am far front intending to assort that this uuanirniiy of opinion is to he accepted as an evidence of its strict and undeniable correctness ; for the collective wisdom of the early settlers of i'ort Phillip wiih likely to be quite as much at fault as the collective wisdom of a certain Umpire, upon which the sun never sets ; and whose •* Hag has braved.” and so forth. 1 merely relate it as a fact of essential importance to my narrative— they nil said so.An iiTto.il i.rit'u tf t'liililu.Kvn luviiliilu I wit* h'jlf.ucfil 11, it r,i .in f lt;■ ....
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Melbourne Punch
Melbourne, Victoria, AU
Thu, May 01, 1856
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