Word: punches
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...true have these lines been proved that they almost overwhelm; but Mr. Punch does not confine himself to the Kaiser. He foresees the electric railroad engine, dirigibles bombing London (!) the result of woman suffrage (in a cartoon recently apologized for because of Lady Astor's and Lady Rhondda's political successes, the value of the wireless...
...third volume holds up a mirror to the crowded years from 1874 to 1892, while the fourth brings us down to disastrous 1914. But if it can be said that Punch holds up a mirror, it must be added that it is a mirror, it must be added that it is a mirror with some relation to those one finds at the amusement parks. For Mr. Punch does not often busy him self in a cloud of depressing seriousness; while perfectly serious in his purpose, he refuses to say anything seriously. Here is an exemplar of poise such...
...These are the output of genius and catch in one page more of the spirit of the time than most writers can put into twenty of print. The books are illuminated by drawings from the pens of Tenniel, Swain, Partridge, Du Maurier and many others who have made both "Punch" and themselves famous. And it is in these cartoons that Mr. Punch betrays his prophetic vision; in the very opening of the third volume we find "Wilful Wilhelm", with the famous "Dropping the Pilot" cartoon in the background, reciting this "Imperial German Nursery Rhyme...
...Take the nasty "Punch" away...
...have any "Punch" today...