The ʻshaggy Dogʼ Story: Its Origin, Development, and Nature (with a Few Seemly Examples) |
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That story was the first genuine and satisfactory ' shaggy dog ' to have received the blessing of the B.B.C. and also the first , I believe , to have achieved the dignity of reputable print . These facts , coupled with the tendency of ...
That story was the first genuine and satisfactory ' shaggy dog ' to have received the blessing of the B.B.C. and also the first , I believe , to have achieved the dignity of reputable print . These facts , coupled with the tendency of ...
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To say ' I just don't believe it invites one of two replies : I'm sorry for you ' , if one feels good - humoured and is urbane ; ' Nobody has asked you to believe it ' , if one feels the opposite . To say , ' But it's quite too absurd ...
To say ' I just don't believe it invites one of two replies : I'm sorry for you ' , if one feels good - humoured and is urbane ; ' Nobody has asked you to believe it ' , if one feels the opposite . To say , ' But it's quite too absurd ...
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Well , if you say so , naturally I believe you . ' ' Yes , ' continued his new acquaintance , ' I won last year's Derby , you know . ' ' Oh , I say ! That's magnificent of you . ' ' Yes , I suppose it is . Don't think I'll race again .
Well , if you say so , naturally I believe you . ' ' Yes , ' continued his new acquaintance , ' I won last year's Derby , you know . ' ' Oh , I say ! That's magnificent of you . ' ' Yes , I suppose it is . Don't think I'll race again .
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| Title | The ʻshaggy Dogʼ Story: Its Origin, Development, and Nature (with a Few Seemly Examples) |
| Author | Eric Partridge |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | Philosophical Library, 1954 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 4 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0802212794, 9780802212795 |
| Length | 107 pages |
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