[Illustration: MYTHICAL ENGINEER MAKING A SUGGESTION TO SISYPHUS.]
[Illustration: GLADIATOR CALLING FOR MORE AND LARGER LIONS.]
[Illustration: ANCIENT BRITON DEFYING HIS CHIEF, AND REFUSING TO WOAD.]
[Illustration: ROMAN COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER TRYING TO SELL SAFETY RAZORS
TO THE DRUIDS.]
[Illustration: KNIGHT, ABOUT TO UNDERGO THE "TRIAL BY COMBAT," OFFERING
TO BACK HIMSELF "TO WIN OR A PLACE."]
[Illustration: AMBIDEXTROUS FLOWER-GIRL SELLING RED AND WHITE FAVOURS
DURING THE WARS OF THE ROSES.]
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[Illustration: _Milliner_. "THAT MODEL IS FIFTEEN GUINEAS, MODOM."
_Customer_. "HOW MUCH WOULD IT BE IF THE FEATHER WERE REMOVED?"
_Milliner_. "FIFTEEN-AND-A-HALF GUINEAS, MODOM. YOU SEE, LABOUR IS SO
DEAR."]
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