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    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, December 25, 1841
    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, December 25, 1841
    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, December 25, 1841
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    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, December 25, 1841

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    Release dateNov 26, 2013
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      Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, December 25, 1841 - Various Various

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      Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 1, December 25, 1841

      Author: Various

      Release Date: February 7, 2005 [EBook #14942]

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      PUNCH,

      OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

      VOL. 1.

      DECEMBER 25, 1841.

      HOW MR. CHOKEPEAR KEEPS A MERRY CHRISTMAS.

      Mr. CHOKEPEAR is, to the finger-nails, a respectable man. The tax-gatherer was never known to call at his door a second time for the same rate; he takes the sacrament two or three times a year, and has in his cellar the oldest port in the parish. He has more than once subscribed to the fund for the conversion of the Jews; and, as a proof of his devotion to the interests of the established church, it was he who started the subscription to present the excellent Doctor MANNAMOUTH with a superb silver tea-pot, cream-jug, and spoons. He did this, as he has often proudly declared, to show to the infidel world that there were some men in the parish who were true Christians. He has acquired a profound respect for Sir PETER LAURIE, since the alderman’s judgments upon the starving villains who would fly in the face of their Maker; and, having a very comfortable balance at his banker’s, considers all despair very weak, very foolish, and very sinful. He, however, blesses himself that for such miscreants there is Newgate; and more—there is Sir PETER LAURIE.

      Mr. CHOKEPEAR loves Christmas! Yes, he is an Englishman, and he will tell you that he loves to keep Christmas-day in the true old English fashion. How does he keep it?

      It is eight o’clock, and Mr. CHOKEPEAR rises from

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