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The History of "Punch"

Chapter XVII · Chapter 17

Chapter 17 of The History of "Punch" is here in full — 337 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By M. H. (Marion Harry) Spielmann • Curated US English Learning Edition
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_PUNCH'S_ WRITERS: 1852-78.
Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.
Shirley Brooks--he dropped his first names of Charles William--was perhaps the most brilliant and useful all-round man who ever wrote for _Punch_.
His rapidity was extraordinary.
The clergyman who boasted that he could write a sermon in an hour "and think nothing of it" courted the reply that probably the congregation thought nothing of it either.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The History of "Punch"

Chapter XVII · Chapter 17

Chapter 17 of The History of "Punch" is here in full — 337 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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_PUNCH'S_ WRITERS: 1852-78.
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Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.
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Shirley Brooks--he dropped his first names of Charles William--was perhaps the most brilliant and useful all-round man who ever wrote for _Punch_.
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His rapidity was extraordinary.
/hɪz rəˈpɪdəti wɑːz ˌekstrəˈɔːrdəneri/
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The clergyman who boasted that he could write a sermon in an hour "and think nothing of it" courted the reply that probably the congregation thought nothing of it either.
/ðə ˈklɜːrdʒimən huː ˈboʊstəd ðæt hiː kʊd raɪt ə ˈsɜːrmən ɪn æn ˈaʊər ənd θɪŋk ˈnʌθɪŋ ʌv ɪt ˈkɔːrtɪd ðə rɪˈplaɪ ðæt ˈprɑːbəbliː ðə ˌkɑːŋɡrəˈɡeɪʃən θɔːt ˈnʌθɪŋ ʌv ɪt ˈiːðər/

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Advertise verb US /ˈædvərtaɪz/

call attention to

From this reading “Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.”

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Apotheosis noun US /əˌpɑːθiˈoʊsəs/

model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal

From this reading “Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.”

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Beckett noun US /ˈbekɪt/

a playwright and novelist (born in Ireland) who lived in France; wrote plays for the theater of the absurd (1906-1989)

From this reading “Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.”

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Editorship noun US /ˈedətərʃɪp/

the position of editor

From this reading “Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.”

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Kingston noun US /ˈkɪŋstən/

a town on the Hudson River in New York

From this reading “Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.”

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Manning verb US /ˈmænɪŋ/

inflected form of “man” — take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place

From this reading “Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.”

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Promoted verb US /prəˈmoʊtɪd/

past form of “promote” — contribute to the progress or growth of

From this reading “Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.”

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Pun noun US /pʌn/

a humorous play on words

From this reading “Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.”

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1852

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From this reading _PUNCH'S_ WRITERS: 1852-78.

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78

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From this reading _PUNCH'S_ WRITERS: 1852-78.

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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AdvertiseverbUS /ˈædvərtaɪz/

call attention to

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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all-roundadjective

many-sided

From this reading Shirley Brooks--he dropped his first names of Charles William--was perhaps the most brilliant and useful all-round man who ever wrote for _Punch_.

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AmbitionnounUS /æmˈbɪʃən/

a cherished desire

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading The clergyman who boasted that he could write a sermon in an hour "and think nothing of it" courted the reply that probably the congregation thought nothing of it either.

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andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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ApotheosisnounUS /əˌpɑːθiˈoʊsəs/

model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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Arry

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From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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Artemus

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From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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ArthurnounUS /ˈɑːrθər/

elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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AssaultnounUS /əˈsɔːlt/

close fighting during the culmination of a military attack

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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Atkinson

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From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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Barry

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From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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Beatty

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From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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BeckettnounUS /ˈbekɪt/

a playwright and novelist (born in Ireland) who lived in France; wrote plays for the theater of the absurd (1906-1989)

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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Betham-Edwards

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From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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boastedverbUS /ˈboʊstəd/

past form of “boast” — show off

From this reading The clergyman who boasted that he could write a sermon in an hour "and think nothing of it" courted the reply that probably the congregation thought nothing of it either.

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Brieflessadjective

(of lawyers or barristers) lacking clients

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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brilliantadjectiveUS /ˈbrɪljənt/

of surpassing excellence

From this reading Shirley Brooks--he dropped his first names of Charles William--was perhaps the most brilliant and useful all-round man who ever wrote for _Punch_.

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BrooksnounUS /brʊks/

United States literary critic and historian (1886-1963)

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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Brough

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From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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Burnand

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From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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CnounUS /siː/

a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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Calverley

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From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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CardinalnounUS /ˈkɑːrdənəl/

(Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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CarriesnounUS /ˈkæriz/

plural of “carry” — the act of carrying something

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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CharlesnounUS /tʃɑːrlz/

King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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Clarke

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From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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clergymannounUS /ˈklɜːrdʒimən/

a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church

From this reading The clergyman who boasted that he could write a sermon in an hour "and think nothing of it" courted the reply that probably the congregation thought nothing of it either.

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CollinsnounUS /ˈkɑːlɪnz/

English writer noted for early detective novels (1824-1889)

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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CongratulationsnounUS /kənˌɡrætʃəˈleɪʃənz/

an expression of approval and commendation

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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congregationnounUS /ˌkɑːŋɡrəˈɡeɪʃən/

a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church

From this reading The clergyman who boasted that he could write a sermon in an hour "and think nothing of it" courted the reply that probably the congregation thought nothing of it either.

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CorporalnounUS /ˈkɔːrpərəl/

a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading The clergyman who boasted that he could write a sermon in an hour "and think nothing of it" courted the reply that probably the congregation thought nothing of it either.

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courtedverbUS /ˈkɔːrtɪd/

past form of “court” — make amorous advances towards

From this reading The clergyman who boasted that he could write a sermon in an hour "and think nothing of it" courted the reply that probably the congregation thought nothing of it either.

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Cowley

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From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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DeannounUS /diːn/

an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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Death-bed

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From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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droppedverbUS /drɑːpt/

inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground

From this reading Shirley Brooks--he dropped his first names of Charles William--was perhaps the most brilliant and useful all-round man who ever wrote for _Punch_.

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du

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From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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EnounUS /iː/

a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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Eastlake

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From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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EditorshipnounUS /ˈedətərʃɪp/

the position of editor

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/

one or the other of two

From this reading The clergyman who boasted that he could write a sermon in an hour "and think nothing of it" courted the reply that probably the congregation thought nothing of it either.

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EssencenounUS /ˈesəns/

the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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everadverbUS /ˈevər/

at any time

From this reading Shirley Brooks--he dropped his first names of Charles William--was perhaps the most brilliant and useful all-round man who ever wrote for _Punch_.

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extraordinaryadjectiveUS /ˌekstrəˈɔːrdəneri/

beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable

From this reading His rapidity was extraordinary.

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FnounUS /ef/

a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading Shirley Brooks--he dropped his first names of Charles William--was perhaps the most brilliant and useful all-round man who ever wrote for _Punch_.

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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Shirley Brooks--he dropped his first names of Charles William--was perhaps the most brilliant and useful all-round man who ever wrote for _Punch_.

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Francis

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From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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FunnounUS /fʌn/

activities that are enjoyable or amusing

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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GilbertnounUS /ˈɡɪlbərt/

a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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GravesnounUS /ɡreɪvz/

English writer known for his interest in mythology and in the classics (1895-1985)

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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Ground-Swell

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From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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HnounUS /eɪtʃ/

a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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HappyadjectiveUS /ˈhæpi/

enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Shirley Brooks--he dropped his first names of Charles William--was perhaps the most brilliant and useful all-round man who ever wrote for _Punch_.

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himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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HolenounUS /hoʊl/

an opening into or through something

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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Hollingshead

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From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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hournounUS /ˈaʊər/

a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day

From this reading The clergyman who boasted that he could write a sermon in an hour "and think nothing of it" courted the reply that probably the congregation thought nothing of it either.

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How

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From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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HumournounUS /ˈhjuːmər/

a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading The clergyman who boasted that he could write a sermon in an hour "and think nothing of it" courted the reply that probably the congregation thought nothing of it either.

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itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading The clergyman who boasted that he could write a sermon in an hour "and think nothing of it" courted the reply that probably the congregation thought nothing of it either.

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ItsdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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JnounUS /dʒeɪ/

a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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JohnnounUS /dʒɑːn/

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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JokenounUS /dʒoʊk/

a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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JuniornounUS /ˈdʒuːnjər/

term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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KingstonnounUS /ˈkɪŋstən/

a town on the Hudson River in New York

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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LnounUS /el/

a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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LaysnounUS /leɪz/

plural of “lay” — a narrative song with a recurrent refrain

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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Lester

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From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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LittleadjectiveUS /ˈlɪtəl/

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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Locker-Lampson

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From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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MnounUS /em/

the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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mannounUS /mæn/

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading Shirley Brooks--he dropped his first names of Charles William--was perhaps the most brilliant and useful all-round man who ever wrote for _Punch_.

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Manner's

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From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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ManningverbUS /ˈmænɪŋ/

inflected form of “man” — take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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Milliken

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From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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MissverbUS /mɪs/

fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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Mokeanna

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From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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MortimernounUS /ˈmɔːrtɪmər/

English nobleman who deposed Edward II and was executed by Edward III (1287-1330)

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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MosesnounUS /ˈmoʊzəs/

(Old Testament) the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus; Moses received the Ten Commandments from God on Mount Sinai

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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mostadverbUS /moʊst/

used to form the superlative

From this reading Shirley Brooks--he dropped his first names of Charles William--was perhaps the most brilliant and useful all-round man who ever wrote for _Punch_.

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MrnounUS /ˈmɪstər/

a form of address for a man

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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namesnounUS /neɪmz/

verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument

From this reading Shirley Brooks--he dropped his first names of Charles William--was perhaps the most brilliant and useful all-round man who ever wrote for _Punch_.

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Nonsensiques

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From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

not one thing; not anything

From this reading The clergyman who boasted that he could write a sermon in an hour "and think nothing of it" courted the reply that probably the congregation thought nothing of it either.

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NowadverbUS /naʊ/

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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OtheradjectiveUS /ˈʌðər/

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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PnounUS /piː/

a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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PapersnounUS /ˈpeɪpərz/

writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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ParliamentnounUS /ˈpɑːrləmənt/

a legislative assembly in certain countries

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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perhapsadverbUS /pərˈhæps/

by chance

From this reading Shirley Brooks--he dropped his first names of Charles William--was perhaps the most brilliant and useful all-round man who ever wrote for _Punch_.

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Priestman

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From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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probablyadverbUS /ˈprɑːbəbliː/

with considerable certainty; without much doubt

From this reading The clergyman who boasted that he could write a sermon in an hour "and think nothing of it" courted the reply that probably the congregation thought nothing of it either.

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PromotedverbUS /prəˈmoʊtɪd/

past form of “promote” — contribute to the progress or growth of

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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PunnounUS /pʌn/

a humorous play on words

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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PunchverbUS /pʌntʃ/

deliver a quick blow to

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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PUNCH'S

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From this reading _PUNCH'S_ WRITERS: 1852-78.

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RnounUS /ɑːr/

a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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rapiditynounUS /rəˈpɪdəti/

a rate that is rapid

From this reading His rapidity was extraordinary.

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replynounUS /rɪˈplaɪ/

a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation

From this reading The clergyman who boasted that he could write a sermon in an hour "and think nothing of it" courted the reply that probably the congregation thought nothing of it either.

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RevverbUS /rev/

increase the number of rotations per minute

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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SnounUS /es/

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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Savile

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From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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Scudamore

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From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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sermonnounUS /ˈsɜːrmən/

an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)

From this reading The clergyman who boasted that he could write a sermon in an hour "and think nothing of it" courted the reply that probably the congregation thought nothing of it either.

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Shirley

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From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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SiegenounUS /siːdʒ/

the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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Sketchley

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From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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Stainton

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From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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SuccessnounUS /səkˈses/

an event that accomplishes its intended purpose

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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Thackeray's

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From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The clergyman who boasted that he could write a sermon in an hour "and think nothing of it" courted the reply that probably the congregation thought nothing of it either.

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thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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thinkverbUS /θɪŋk/

judge or regard; look upon; judge

From this reading The clergyman who boasted that he could write a sermon in an hour "and think nothing of it" courted the reply that probably the congregation thought nothing of it either.

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thoughtnounUS /θɔːt/

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading The clergyman who boasted that he could write a sermon in an hour "and think nothing of it" courted the reply that probably the congregation thought nothing of it either.

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ThoughtsnounUS /θɔːts/

plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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TrainingnounUS /ˈtreɪnɪŋ/

activity leading to skilled behavior

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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usefuladjectiveUS /ˈjuːsfəl/

being of use or service

From this reading Shirley Brooks--he dropped his first names of Charles William--was perhaps the most brilliant and useful all-round man who ever wrote for _Punch_.

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Vers

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From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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WnounUS /ˈdʌbəljuː/

a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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WardnounUS /wɔːrd/

a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Shirley Brooks--he dropped his first names of Charles William--was perhaps the most brilliant and useful all-round man who ever wrote for _Punch_.

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wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading Shirley Brooks--he dropped his first names of Charles William--was perhaps the most brilliant and useful all-round man who ever wrote for _Punch_.

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William

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From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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WitnounUS /wɪt/

a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Shirley Brooks--His Wit and Humour--Training--Lays Siege to _Punch_--And Carries him by Assault--"Essence of Parliament"--William Brough--Mr. Beatty Kingston--F. I. Scudamore--M. J. Barry--Dean Hole--Mr. Charles L. Eastlake--Mr. Francis Cowley Burnand--His Little Joke with Cardinal Manning--"Fun"--"Mokeanna"--Its Success--Thackeray's Congratulations to _Punch_--"Happy Thoughts"--And Other Happy Thoughts--Mr. Burnand _as_ a Ground-Swell--Promoted to the Editorship--The Apotheosis of the Pun--Mr. J. Priestman Atkinson--Mr. John Hollingshead--Mr. R. F. Sketchley--"Artemus Ward"--A Death-bed Ambition--H. Savile Clarke--Locker-Lampson and C. S. Calverley--Miss Betham-Edwards--Mr. du Manner's "Vers Nonsensiques"--Mr. A. P. Graves--Rev. Stainton Moses--Mr. Arthur W. a Beckett--"A. Briefless, Junior"--Mortimer Collins--Mr. E. J. Milliken--"The 'Arry Papers"--Gilbert a Beckett--"How we Advertise Now"--Mr. H. F. Lester--Mr. Burnand and the Corporal.

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writeverbUS /raɪt/

produce a literary work

From this reading The clergyman who boasted that he could write a sermon in an hour "and think nothing of it" courted the reply that probably the congregation thought nothing of it either.

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WRITERSnounUS /ˈraɪtərz/

plural of “writer” — writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

From this reading _PUNCH'S_ WRITERS: 1852-78.

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wroteverbUS /roʊt/

inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work

From this reading Shirley Brooks--he dropped his first names of Charles William--was perhaps the most brilliant and useful all-round man who ever wrote for _Punch_.

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