Punch / Almanack: Punch / Almanack (1865)

PUNCH’S ALMANACK FOR 1865.

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living not far from
no poet but Spen-
he can find “ the

Crest-fallen.—A lady who had made a fortune by con-
fectionery, applied to the Heralds’ College for a coat of ,
arms, and was rather discomfited on being told that they ,
could only give her a—lozenge. j

British Pearls.—Tacitus says they were common in
his time. They may still occasionally be met with, though
rare. The oest kinds are, a good wife, a thorough cob, a
bottle of forty port, and a perfect beef-steak.

^°MPANY (LIMITED).—SPECIMENS OF COSTUME TO BE WORN BY THE SHAREHOLDERS,