The ʻshaggy Dogʼ Story: Its Origin, Development, and Nature (with a Few Seemly Examples) |
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When the ordered drink arrived the bartender and the other customers were meanwhile in a virtual coma -- the mouse , standing on tiptoe , sipped it and then , in a fine bass voice , sang ' Annie Laurie ' .
When the ordered drink arrived the bartender and the other customers were meanwhile in a virtual coma -- the mouse , standing on tiptoe , sipped it and then , in a fine bass voice , sang ' Annie Laurie ' .
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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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