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The Clown to his Betters. A Zong O' Zocial Zience [from Punch]

"The Clown to his Betters. A Zong O' Zocial Zience [from Punch]." Saturday Press. 20 Nov. 1858: 4.
Type: 
newspaper
Genre: 
poetry
Abstract: 

"Extravagunce . . . is the gentlefolks bane," notes the Clown. He watches the nobility waste their money on material things and carry on an unhealthy lifestyle. "To live on your means you must use your own braeins," he advises.