The ʻshaggy Dogʼ Story: Its Origin, Development, and Nature (with a Few Seemly Examples) |
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... occurred , and the note was again handed back to him , and he was requested , not only to 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 ...
... occurred , and the note was again handed back to him , and he was requested , not only to 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 ...
Page 44
... regular diner at a London restaurant was one evening interested to see enter a man wearing a stick of celery behind his ear . The same pheno- menon occurred on six successive evenings . Then the rugged 44 Development.
... regular diner at a London restaurant was one evening interested to see enter a man wearing a stick of celery behind his ear . The same pheno- menon occurred on six successive evenings . Then the rugged 44 Development.
Page 45
... occurred on six successive evenings . Then the rugged individualist appeared , with the same insouciant bonhomie but with a radish.1 Unable to contain himself any longer , the regular diner went across to the oddity and said , ' Excuse ...
... occurred on six successive evenings . Then the rugged individualist appeared , with the same insouciant bonhomie but with a radish.1 Unable to contain himself any longer , the regular diner went across to the oddity and said , ' Excuse ...
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