The Two Augurs

John Tenniel

"Disraelius. 'I always wonder, brother, how we chief augurs can meet on the opening day without laughing!'"

"Gladstonius. 'I have never felt any temptation to the hilarity you suggest, Brother; and the remark savours of flippancy!'""

1876

Punch (8 February 1878): 57

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