The ʻshaggy Dogʼ Story: Its Origin, Development, and Nature (with a Few Seemly Examples) |
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... leave with them . After dinner that evening , sitting with his prospective father - in - law , he explained his original intention regarding the spending of his leave , and all that had occurred to make him change his plans . The father ...
... leave with them . After dinner that evening , sitting with his prospective father - in - law , he explained his original intention regarding the spending of his leave , and all that had occurred to make him change his plans . The father ...
Page 42
... leave the house immediately , but also to give his word of honour that , before leaving , he would make no attempt whatever to see his fiancée , and , furthermore , that he would consider the engagement completely at an end and would ...
... leave the house immediately , but also to give his word of honour that , before leaving , he would make no attempt whatever to see his fiancée , and , furthermore , that he would consider the engagement completely at an end and would ...
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... leaving half his tail behind . He was about to return to the dining - room , in order to ask his little friend the meaning of this unfortunate incident and was , in fact , walking along a passage , when from an open door a large , very ...
... leaving half his tail behind . He was about to return to the dining - room , in order to ask his little friend the meaning of this unfortunate incident and was , in fact , walking along a passage , when from an open door a large , very ...
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