The ʻshaggy Dogʼ Story: Its Origin, Development, and Nature (with a Few Seemly Examples) |
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A young officer , being granted a short leave from the Flanders Front , decided to visit Paris . It was his first visit , and after finding a hotel , having a bath and a meal , he thought he would visit a theatre .
A young officer , being granted a short leave from the Flanders Front , decided to visit Paris . It was his first visit , and after finding a hotel , having a bath and a meal , he thought he would visit a theatre .
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The diner was about to stick his fork into the sardine , when , to his amazement , the fish said , ' Please don't eat me . I had a very bad time in the Bay of Biscay ; the wife is ill ; and the young ' uns haven't eaten ' a square ...
The diner was about to stick his fork into the sardine , when , to his amazement , the fish said , ' Please don't eat me . I had a very bad time in the Bay of Biscay ; the wife is ill ; and the young ' uns haven't eaten ' a square ...
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Arriving at the airport outside Rome , Paddy was about to enter the bus chartered to take pilgrims to their lodgings in the Eternal City , when an alert young priest hurried over to him and exclaimed : No , Paddy , there is a car ...
Arriving at the airport outside Rome , Paddy was about to enter the bus chartered to take pilgrims to their lodgings in the Eternal City , when an alert young priest hurried over to him and exclaimed : No , Paddy , there is a car ...
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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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