. Christmas cheer [electronic resource]: in three courses, more than ordinary ones, and where every guest will get his dessert, and a taste of those choice spirits, "that cheer but not inebriate," . A BOWL OF PUNCH. 15 nothing of the swell about it— swell beinganother word by which the smokers express anytawdry display of finery upon a Gent, who consi-. ders himself a man-about-town, he not having anypretensions, in reality, beyond those of being a usefulcommercial assistant. 9nrj be it further cnactctf, That all individualsinsisting upon smoking, be accommodated with acheap common steam-boat,
. Christmas cheer [electronic resource]: in three courses, more than ordinary ones, and where every guest will get his dessert, and a taste of those choice spirits, "that cheer but not inebriate," . A BOWL OF PUNCH. 15 nothing of the swell about it— swell beinganother word by which the smokers express anytawdry display of finery upon a Gent, who consi-. ders himself a man-about-town, he not having anypretensions, in reality, beyond those of being a usefulcommercial assistant. 9nrj be it further cnactctf, That all individualsinsisting upon smoking, be accommodated with acheap common steam-boat, all to themselves, to becalled The Cheroot, which shall ply up and down theThames, with strict orders to keep always on theLiward side nf the river. And, moreover, to accommo-date cviivbody, that the said steam-boat shall onlyrun before the simp-shutters are taken down, andafter tliev are put up again, Sundays excepted, onwhich day, being the great festival of smokers in theopen air, it be permitted to run continuously. But atthe same time, that smoking he allowed in other boatsat all hours, provided the parties using tobacco do notdare to come out of the engine-room, hut remain in com-pany with the Jokers, for whom they are tit society.*afaing altoans, That the snobs on parolehave enough to see the offensive nature of theirproceedings
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