. The comic English grammar; a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue . , meet, with a black eye, theobject of your affections the next morning; thatyou may never, in a moment of agitation, omit theaspirate, or use it when you ought not; that yourlaundress may always do justice to your linen;and your tailor make your clothes w^ell, and sendthem home in due time; that your braces maynever give way during a waltz; that you may never,sitting in a strong light at a large dinner-party,suddenly remember that you have not shaved fortwo days; that your hands and face may ever befree from
. The comic English grammar; a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue . , meet, with a black eye, theobject of your affections the next morning; thatyou may never, in a moment of agitation, omit theaspirate, or use it when you ought not; that yourlaundress may always do justice to your linen;and your tailor make your clothes w^ell, and sendthem home in due time; that your braces maynever give way during a waltz; that you may never,sitting in a strong light at a large dinner-party,suddenly remember that you have not shaved fortwo days; that your hands and face may ever befree from tan, chaps, freckles, pimples, brandy-blossoms, and all other disfigurements; that youmay never be either inelegantly fat, or ridiculously 228 ADDRESS TO YOUNG STUDENTS. lean; and finally, that you may always have plentyto eat, plenty to drink, and plenty to laugh at, weearnestly and sincerely wish. And should your lotin life be other than fortunate, we can only say,that we advise you to bear it with patience; tocultivate Comic Philosophy; and to look uponyour troubles as a VIVAT REGISA! THE END. LONDON : PRINTED BY SAMUEL BENTLEY, BANGOR IIUUSE, SHOE LANE. %. UC SOUTHERN REGIONAL LIBRARY FACILITY AA 001 295 688 4 UNIVERSITY University of California, San Diego DATE DUE OCT 16 1965 I—SEE-^UaSiSEP 08 1981 Series 0380
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