The ʻshaggy Dogʼ Story: Its Origin, Development, and Nature (with a Few Seemly Examples) |
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Oh , good morning ! he replied nervously . ' Do you know , I'm a splendid horse ? ' ' Why , I'm - er -- sure you are , old man . Sure you are . ' You don't seem very sure about it . But , my dear sir , I assure you that I really am a ...
Oh , good morning ! he replied nervously . ' Do you know , I'm a splendid horse ? ' ' Why , I'm - er -- sure you are , old man . Sure you are . ' You don't seem very sure about it . But , my dear sir , I assure you that I really am a ...
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Having given the barman a long , cool , level look , in which wonder mingled with contempt , the kangaroo haughtily replied : “ It'll bloody well be the last time too , if you continue to charge seven - and - six for a small whisky .
Having given the barman a long , cool , level look , in which wonder mingled with contempt , the kangaroo haughtily replied : “ It'll bloody well be the last time too , if you continue to charge seven - and - six for a small whisky .
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Oh , ' the mouse replied happily , ' you mustn't take any notice of me , I've been drinking hard since eight o'clock this morning . ' The next two stories are indigenous to Australia . They are told here as my friend Sidney J. Baker has ...
Oh , ' the mouse replied happily , ' you mustn't take any notice of me , I've been drinking hard since eight o'clock this morning . ' The next two stories are indigenous to Australia . They are told here as my friend Sidney J. Baker has ...
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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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