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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, July 17, 1841 by Various
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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. He that voteth INTENTIONALLY, which is divisible into
1st. He that voteth CORRUPTLY, which is divisible into
1st. He that is BRIBED, which is divisible into
1st. He that is bribed DIRECTLY, which is divisible into
1st. He that receiveth MONEY, which may be considered as
1. He that pretendeth the money is due to him.
2. He that pretendeth it is lent.
3. He who receiveth it as alms.
4. He who receiveth it as the price of a venerated
tobacco-pipe, a piece of Irish bacon, and the like.
2nd. He that seeketh PLACE, which may be considered as
1. He who asketh for a high situation, as a judgeship in
Botany Bay, or a bishopric in Sierra Leone, and the like.
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