The ʻshaggy Dogʼ Story: Its Origin, Development, and Nature (with a Few Seemly Examples) |
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... Christopher Morley , dramatist , novelist , essay- ist and poet ; Campbell Nairne , of Radio Times ; F. E. L. Priestley , Professor of English Litera- ture in the University of Toronto ; Alvin Redman , cartoonist , author , publisher ...
... Christopher Morley , dramatist , novelist , essay- ist and poet ; Campbell Nairne , of Radio Times ; F. E. L. Priestley , Professor of English Litera- ture in the University of Toronto ; Alvin Redman , cartoonist , author , publisher ...
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... Christopher Morley's fable , yet at least as close as Ogden Nash's poems , and clearly set in the main line of development , are a few of the most concise and pointed and witty of the American tall stories current during the twentieth ...
... Christopher Morley's fable , yet at least as close as Ogden Nash's poems , and clearly set in the main line of development , are a few of the most concise and pointed and witty of the American tall stories current during the twentieth ...
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... Christopher , 12 , 27 , 46-7 mosquitoes , 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 ...
... Christopher , 12 , 27 , 46-7 mosquitoes , 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 ...
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