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PUNCH'S PENCILLINGS.--No. XVI.
[Illustration: THE NEW PARLIAMENTARY MASONS.
"WE HAVE A PLAN, WHICH, FROM ITS ORIGINALITY, SHOULD DRAW DOWN UPON US THE
GRATITUDE OF THE NATION.... WE PROPOSE THAT, DURING THE PROROGATION, AT
LEAST, MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, SHOULD, LIKE BEAVERS, BUILD THEIR OWN
HOUSES."
_Vide_ PUNCH, _No. 14, page 162_.]
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