Punch / Almanack (1844)

LORD BROUGHAM PRESIDING AT THE SWEEPS' DINNER AT COPENHAGEN IIOUSI

" corduroy breeches, in a state of combustion, poked into the ceiling. Sir Charles
1 Wetherell not being then in Parliament, the House felt satisfied that the inflam-
j mable garment had been improperly introduced; and accordingly resolved itself
I into a Committee on the smalls, and declared them to be breeches of privilege.

Shakespeare's Autograph purchased by the City of London, 1S43. They gave
lAbl. for his signature, that they might at least know something of his writing.

First stone op the Stock Exchange in Capet, Court laid, 1S01. Benevolently
established, that rogues and vagabonds may profit by the Stocks.

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