The ʻshaggy Dogʼ Story: Its Origin, Development, and Nature (with a Few Seemly Examples) |
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And as soon as he'd decided it wasn't my fault , I explained to him how dangerous it was , that all the cars and taxis were shying at it , and one of them might quite easily come to grief . And they were waking me up every two minutes .
And as soon as he'd decided it wasn't my fault , I explained to him how dangerous it was , that all the cars and taxis were shying at it , and one of them might quite easily come to grief . And they were waking me up every two minutes .
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Hopefully making a cast , he very soon felt an almighty tug at his line ; with a tremendous effort , he managed to haul it in ; a huge sea bass was fighting frantically for its life against the minnow , which had it firmly by the ...
Hopefully making a cast , he very soon felt an almighty tug at his line ; with a tremendous effort , he managed to haul it in ; a huge sea bass was fighting frantically for its life against the minnow , which had it firmly by the ...
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As soon as they had finished their drinks — they never took more than one — they went out quietly and quietly walked home in perfect companionship . The barman soon came to recognize them as regular and orderly customers and perhaps to ...
As soon as they had finished their drinks — they never took more than one — they went out quietly and quietly walked home in perfect companionship . The barman soon came to recognize them as regular and orderly customers and perhaps to ...
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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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