Punch, Volume 174, Part 2Punch Publications Limited, 1928 - English wit and humor |
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Page 369
... present increasing demand for crook plays and crime fiction , Mr. Brille may go further and require practical illustration of something really new in the way of murder . And I , poor slave to duty and my ideals , shall press a button ...
... present increasing demand for crook plays and crime fiction , Mr. Brille may go further and require practical illustration of something really new in the way of murder . And I , poor slave to duty and my ideals , shall press a button ...
Page 375
... presents on her , bracelets - what absurd symbols brace- lets were really , as if human impulses could possibly be chained ! -and flowers , and dresses , and even an ivory cuspidor , a toy set with diamonds , to remind her of the old ...
... presents on her , bracelets - what absurd symbols brace- lets were really , as if human impulses could possibly be chained ! -and flowers , and dresses , and even an ivory cuspidor , a toy set with diamonds , to remind her of the old ...
Page 381
... present motor- licence tax to a flat - rate tax on petrol . Colonel HOWARD - BURY marshalled these mute inglorious voices - about a quarter of a ton of them - before the SPEAKER and explained their simple need . And that doubtless will ...
... present motor- licence tax to a flat - rate tax on petrol . Colonel HOWARD - BURY marshalled these mute inglorious voices - about a quarter of a ton of them - before the SPEAKER and explained their simple need . And that doubtless will ...
Page 385
... present Tremayne of Ours is carrying on with a vaguely Latin - American secret- service agent until Senator BORAH or Big BILL THOMPSON scents an affront to the Monroe doctrine . " " In your next play- " I began . " In my next play ...
... present Tremayne of Ours is carrying on with a vaguely Latin - American secret- service agent until Senator BORAH or Big BILL THOMPSON scents an affront to the Monroe doctrine . " " In your next play- " I began . " In my next play ...
Page 390
... present age is hardly providing idols where you are not going - a mulish attitude which I hope enough for the future to shatter . will not infect any intending reader of Scrutinies ( WISHART ) . Not all Mr. RICKWORD'S company are as ...
... present age is hardly providing idols where you are not going - a mulish attitude which I hope enough for the future to shatter . will not infect any intending reader of Scrutinies ( WISHART ) . Not all Mr. RICKWORD'S company are as ...
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