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Page 381
... private enterprise . Lord LoVAT explained how the waters come down from Johore and secured There is perhaps no more pathetic sight than the House of Commons dis- cussing industrial distress in South Wales . Everybody is very sorry about ...
... private enterprise . Lord LoVAT explained how the waters come down from Johore and secured There is perhaps no more pathetic sight than the House of Commons dis- cussing industrial distress in South Wales . Everybody is very sorry about ...
Page 396
... ( Private Rifle , the Adjutant's clerk ) that he was not likely to be Orderly Officer on Tuesday . Then he ascertained from the Mess Sergeant that the Colonel had had a good break- fast , and from the Colonel's batman that the Colonel had ...
... ( Private Rifle , the Adjutant's clerk ) that he was not likely to be Orderly Officer on Tuesday . Then he ascertained from the Mess Sergeant that the Colonel had had a good break- fast , and from the Colonel's batman that the Colonel had ...
Page 424
... private life . The whole thing is un - English . I am anxious , however - or shall we say ' ready ' ? - to make some contribu- tion to the national revenues . Now , in old times the harassed husbandman or peasant unable to support the ...
... private life . The whole thing is un - English . I am anxious , however - or shall we say ' ready ' ? - to make some contribu- tion to the national revenues . Now , in old times the harassed husbandman or peasant unable to support the ...
Page 443
... private detectives ; it is quite another matter to resolve these compli- cations in a plausible manner . Mr. HACKETT shirks the diffi- cult and interesting part of his task and deprives himself ( and us ) of the satisfaction of a job ...
... private detectives ; it is quite another matter to resolve these compli- cations in a plausible manner . Mr. HACKETT shirks the diffi- cult and interesting part of his task and deprives himself ( and us ) of the satisfaction of a job ...
Page 444
... private de- tective - an original and amusing version of an old and often tiresome puppet for ( 3 ) The move to be otherwise forfeit , entailing loss of match . ( 4 ) The winner to be given a dinner ( premier ordre ) at the loser's ...
... private de- tective - an original and amusing version of an old and often tiresome puppet for ( 3 ) The move to be otherwise forfeit , entailing loss of match . ( 4 ) The winner to be given a dinner ( premier ordre ) at the loser's ...
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