Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 324William Blackwood, 1978 - England |
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Page 194
... half ! ' Almost the only current practitioner of this wit is the egre- gious Etonian cricket commentator , Brian Johnston , who expresses his satisfaction at a packed Lord's- " Brimmers ! " - or his agreement with an lbw . decision ...
... half ! ' Almost the only current practitioner of this wit is the egre- gious Etonian cricket commentator , Brian Johnston , who expresses his satisfaction at a packed Lord's- " Brimmers ! " - or his agreement with an lbw . decision ...
Page 327
... half his wound pension on horse - racing , and although racing terms are sprinkled about the text , his knowledge of the sport could not have been very profound ; for Conan Doyle once admitted that in ' Silver Blaze ' , the story of the ...
... half his wound pension on horse - racing , and although racing terms are sprinkled about the text , his knowledge of the sport could not have been very profound ; for Conan Doyle once admitted that in ' Silver Blaze ' , the story of the ...
Page 501
... Half a dozen black - suited men came on board and passed through the compartment . They were Turks -that is to say , men of the Ottoman society of Bulgaria , a people half in and half out of the régime , who are tolerated as long as ...
... Half a dozen black - suited men came on board and passed through the compartment . They were Turks -that is to say , men of the Ottoman society of Bulgaria , a people half in and half out of the régime , who are tolerated as long as ...
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