Punch, Volume 237Punch Publications Limited, 1959 - English wit and humor |
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Page 450
... better be looking them over . " want husbands , homes and children . But hopeful bachelors who studied the programme notes had a shock or two . Miss Canada , for example , who is said " to keep up her strength by eating steaks ...
... better be looking them over . " want husbands , homes and children . But hopeful bachelors who studied the programme notes had a shock or two . Miss Canada , for example , who is said " to keep up her strength by eating steaks ...
Page 634
... better for that . Next , he is found to be extremely talkative , another bad point . Add to this a miserably touchy temper , a tendency to fall down in fits , and an almost pathological stupidity , and it is quite obvious that whatever ...
... better for that . Next , he is found to be extremely talkative , another bad point . Add to this a miserably touchy temper , a tendency to fall down in fits , and an almost pathological stupidity , and it is quite obvious that whatever ...
Page 639
... better than a big hotel in South Devon , where I saw the manager turn away residents asking for dinner at eight , though he had three men in white coats pressing drinks on people in the bar . He told them to go down the road to a café ...
... better than a big hotel in South Devon , where I saw the manager turn away residents asking for dinner at eight , though he had three men in white coats pressing drinks on people in the bar . He told them to go down the road to a café ...
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