Apples by Night: StoriesJonathan Cape, 1932 - 314 pages |
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Page 42
... miserable wings , looking like an old dame shaking her dress into a new primness after insult . " To the devil with you , then , to be refusing an honest gift ! ' And the Novice hurled the crust , striking the bird fairly . With a ...
... miserable wings , looking like an old dame shaking her dress into a new primness after insult . " To the devil with you , then , to be refusing an honest gift ! ' And the Novice hurled the crust , striking the bird fairly . With a ...
Page 157
... miserable coffin of a place ; unlike his own house ; you could always be sure of finding an enterprising seed or two in the corners under his roof . Search- ing his pockets he generously dropped some oats into the dung , treading them ...
... miserable coffin of a place ; unlike his own house ; you could always be sure of finding an enterprising seed or two in the corners under his roof . Search- ing his pockets he generously dropped some oats into the dung , treading them ...
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Stories Harold Alfred Manhood. the miserable suckers ! But me , I ain't worrying . Take more than that to sink me . Money ain't everything . ' Tain't even worth lying for , let alone killing . I was near to killing , bloody near , I'm ...
Stories Harold Alfred Manhood. the miserable suckers ! But me , I ain't worrying . Take more than that to sink me . Money ain't everything . ' Tain't even worth lying for , let alone killing . I was near to killing , bloody near , I'm ...
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Africus ain't anger apple banana Basset-Money beauty Becket bird black grapes bloody boots bottle bouillabaisse bowler hat bracken bread breath Bridie catkins comfort cottage cows damned daughter dead death door Drusilla duck Duffy empty eyes face father feet fingers fire fish Gecko George girl grey crows Gunmetal hair hands harbourmaster head heard hopped Jocular Judy knew laughed lifted Lily lips looked luck m'lord marriage meadowsweet meself mind miserable mother moved muttered neat never night nodded nose Novice O'Banion once pocket Pomega queer quiet remembering Rich Saint salt Saltpenny scratched Seahouses seemed sighed Simon smell smile snatched spat stared stones stood strange sucking sure sweet talk Tampion tell thanks things thought Tom Maguire tramp tree trout turned twas twisted village waiting wanted watched whistling wind wished woman woodmouse ye'd