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ON THE CHARACTER OF PUNCH.
[PUNCH.
possesses, it should be impossible, hereafter, to print what is fortunately yet considered innocent and harmless. Addison tell us, that "the merry people of the world are the amiable," and in the language of "a man forbid," we address ourselves to those,
"Chi amano, senza smorfia e ipocrisia,
"Gl' innocenti piaceri e l' allegria."
