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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. ;

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Evening Star, Issue 4225, 11 September 1876, Page 4

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237

PARLIAMENTARY ALPHABET. Evening Star, Issue 4225, 11 September 1876, Page 4

PARLIAMENTARY ALPHABET. Evening Star, Issue 4225, 11 September 1876, Page 4

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