The ʻshaggy Dogʼ Story: Its Origin, Development, and Nature (with a Few Seemly Examples) |
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... AMERICAN ( Routledge & Kegan Paul ) NAME INTO WORD : A Discursive Dictionary of Proper Names become Common Property ( Secker & Warburg ) ENGLISH : A COURSE FOR HUMAN BEINGS ( Macdonald ) A HISTORY OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH SINCE ...
... AMERICAN ( Routledge & Kegan Paul ) NAME INTO WORD : A Discursive Dictionary of Proper Names become Common Property ( Secker & Warburg ) ENGLISH : A COURSE FOR HUMAN BEINGS ( Macdonald ) A HISTORY OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH SINCE ...
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... American tall stories current during the twentieth century . Of even the most concise and pertinent , several no less clearly belong to folk - tale ; but then , some of the American folk - tales are also tall stories - very tall indeed ...
... American tall stories current during the twentieth century . Of even the most concise and pertinent , several no less clearly belong to folk - tale ; but then , some of the American folk - tales are also tall stories - very tall indeed ...
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... American , 49– 50 mule , a , 49 mysterious note , the , 37 , 38- 43 Nash , Ogden , 47-8 nature of the ' shaggy dog ' , 51 , 52 , 56-7 , 104 1931 , importance of the year , 43 , 46 1925 , keystone of the ' shag- gy ' arch , 36 non ...
... American , 49– 50 mule , a , 49 mysterious note , the , 37 , 38- 43 Nash , Ogden , 47-8 nature of the ' shaggy dog ' , 51 , 52 , 56-7 , 104 1931 , importance of the year , 43 , 46 1925 , keystone of the ' shag- gy ' arch , 36 non ...
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