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Yours,
ONE IN A THOUSAND.
SIR,--"Why not live out of London?" Of course. I _do_ live
"out of London," and make a precious good living too out of
London. My friends the Butcher, the Baker, the Greengrocer
(not a very green grocer either), the Tailor, the Shoemaker,
&c., &c., all say the same as
Yours cheerily,
CHARLES CHEDDAR _(Cheesemonger)._
SIR,--I only wish everybody I don't want to see _in_ London
would live _out of it_. What a thrice blessed time August
would be then! Though indeed I infinitely appreciate small
mercies _now_. At all events, most people are away, my Club is
not closed, and I can enjoy myself pretty thoroughly.
Yours,
_Elbow Room Club_.
BEAU WINDER.
SIR,--"Why not live out of London?" _Because one can't._ Out
of London there is only "existence." Is life worth living
anywhere except in London--and Paris; if you happen to be
there? No, no; those who like living "out of London," had
better not live at all.
Yours,
HIPPY CURE.
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MR. PUNCH'S DICTIONARY OF PHRASES.
PRIVATE THEATRICALS.
"_Tisn't a part that I_ feel, _and I fear I shall make a failure;"
i.e.,_ "Easy as be blowed, but _I_'m thrown away upon it."
TRADE EMBELLISHMENTS.
"_The Ching-Twangs Central China Tea Company's selected growth of
Early Green Leaf Spring Pickings;" i.
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