Capital speech of quite another kind from JENNINGS. As the Member
for Sark says, JENNINGS when he has anything to say to the House of
Commons _talks_, doesn't speechify; style excellent, and so is the
matter. House would like to hear a little oftener from JENNINGS; due
to it from Stockport who has also sent us GEDGE.
_Business done_.--Education Bill through Committee.
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SONGS OF THE UNSENTIMENTALIST.
THE GREENGROCER'S REBUKE.
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We gave a little dinner; and I own,
Led by a wish with style to stamp the _fete_,
Palmed off, as though a butler of our own,
A skilled Greengrocer we had in "to wait."--
I thought he seemed to sway beneath the fish--
And stagger with a half familiar smile,
When, lo! he fell, remarking blandly, "Thish
All comes of tryin' to do the thing in shtyle!"
I thundered, "Leave the room!" He saw my fix,
And but retorted, "'Ere, you ain't a Duke!
I'm not a-goin' without my three-and-six!"
Thus came on me that Greengrocer's Rebuke!
That banquet was our last. No more we "dined,"
In, now and then, perchance a friend might drop.
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