And thus he drags on
his life, a degraded and comparatively impoverished outcast, untidy,
haggard and shunned, having forfeited by the restriction of his
spending powers even the good-natured contempt of those who were
not too proud to be at one time mistaken for his friends.
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LABOURS FOR LENT.
_Emperor of Germany_.--To conciliate the great men who have had to
prefix "Ex" to their official titles since he ascended the Throne.
_Emperor of Russia_.--To find a resting-place safe from the Nihilists.
_King of Italy_.--To do without CRISPI, and the Triple Alliance.
_The Emperor of Austria_.--To master the subject of Home Rule as
applied to Austria, Hungary, and the Bulgarian Nationalities.
_King of Portugal_.--To settle the Map of Africa with Lord SALISBURY.
_The President of the French Republic_.--To adapt _Thermidor_ for the
German stage.
_The President of the American Republic_.--To bless the McKinley
Tariff.
_The Marquis of Salisbury_.--To consider with his son and heir the
Roman Catholic Disabilities Removal Bill.
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