Dry as toke and skilly,
Is this arid Piccadilly,
Notwithstanding rose and lily,
All the beauteous blooms of Scilly,
Reft of that flower of flowers--Milly.
So, at least, thinks
"Silly Billy."
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A COCKNEY'S EXCLAMATION UPON SEEING THE CELEBRATED HEIDELBERG
TON.--"Well, it is (s)ton-ning!"
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[Illustration: NATURAL HISTORY NOTES
_Country Cousin._ "Lor, Bill, ain't that a horstrich?"
_Bill._ "_Horstrich?_ 'Corse not. That 'ere's a _mongoose_!"]
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