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"Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete"

Because he hath a bet that he will vote.
2. Because he loveth a lark.
3. Because he LOVETH HIS COUNTRY.
[Here also may be applied all the predicates under the subjects
BRIBING, HUMBUG, and PRINCIPLE.]
2nd. He that hath A VOTE AND VOTETH NOT; which is divisible into
1st. He that is PREVENTED from voting, which is divisible into
1. He who is upset by a bribed coachman.
2. He who is incited into an assault, that he may be put
into the cage.
3. He who is driven by a drunken coachman many miles the wrong way.
4. He who is hocussed.
5. He who is sent into the country for a holiday, and the like.
2nd. He that FORFEITETH his vote, which is divisible into
1. He who is too great a philosopher to care for his country.
2. He who has not been solicited.
3. He who drinketh so that he cannot go to the poll.
4. He who is too drunk to speak at the poll.
5. He who through over-zeal getteth his head broken.
6. He who stayeth to finish the bottle, and is too late,
and the like.
3rd. He that hath A VOTE AND VOTETH; which is divisible into
1st.


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