Punch, Volume 221Punch Publications Limited, 1951 - English wit and humor |
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Page 66
... told him how much they would charge to have our sitting - room walls and ceiling washed down under their auspices . Mother said " I wish you hadn't laughed like that . It might make for ill feeling . " Ill ? It's sickening , " said ...
... told him how much they would charge to have our sitting - room walls and ceiling washed down under their auspices . Mother said " I wish you hadn't laughed like that . It might make for ill feeling . " Ill ? It's sickening , " said ...
Page 242
... told the third floor and ask for Mr. Sharpbrook . " I had been a fool to come . The man looked at the ceiling of the lift and stroked his throat up- wards with a faint rasp . " Sharp- brook , " he said . " What's his firm ? " " I don't ...
... told the third floor and ask for Mr. Sharpbrook . " I had been a fool to come . The man looked at the ceiling of the lift and stroked his throat up- wards with a faint rasp . " Sharp- brook , " he said . " What's his firm ? " " I don't ...
Page 362
... told us a diverting enough anecdote , that his wife was a printer's devil ( as the cant word is ) , and when she used to bring him the proof - sheets , he fell in love with her and married her . " ( Boswell's London Journal . Entry ...
... told us a diverting enough anecdote , that his wife was a printer's devil ( as the cant word is ) , and when she used to bring him the proof - sheets , he fell in love with her and married her . " ( Boswell's London Journal . Entry ...
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