PARLIAMENTARY ALPHABET.
peared. ia a Sydney and po, doubt applied to ithe JfevV Sotith "Walfes Legislature, there are but few amongst 1 us who can fail to observe its looM application:— - Ais an ass, for Parliament; fit, r, | B is the braying, mistaken for wit, * ois rthe» country, Sheylße tuining/fagt, ! r D is the devil, they 11 go to at last. ! Bis the erector, without attjr ifbtu, 1 ; F is the fool they have put in the * 7 onse, . Gis the Government, worst of tte lot, • r H is. a place we politely, call hot. Fis a letter, they'Ve eve'r id mihH^ J is for Jock and lohnny combined, K ia a knight, of the c rpet ’tis stated, L is a very warm clime asperated, M is the mute who says nothing at all, N a numbskull doing nothing but brawl, O is the od urn, they richly deserve, ' Pis the Premier* theyVe par d'erwl to serve, Q is tho query, the question, the quorum, R stands for rules, but they always ignore ~. ’em, S stands for servants, not all of them civile " T is their tongues, that would deafen a devil. U is a unit, of scarce any note, V is a Vkletj.wha can ofdy vote, ; W is wit, of which they’re deficient, X with xx, iicthis they are efficient, Y is the youth, whom ambition inflames, Z' is the zealot, who worships old names. ;
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD18760911.2.29
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Evening Star, Issue 4225, 11 September 1876, Page 4
Word count
Tapeke kupu
237PARLIAMENTARY ALPHABET. Evening Star, Issue 4225, 11 September 1876, Page 4
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.