Punch, Volumes 208-209Punch Publications Limited, 1945 - English wit and humor |
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Page 243
... better fish on view over there , or even an old man drifting down in a boat . It is better to lean downstream than up . This is because it is pleasanter to watch water running away from you than towards you , and also because there is ...
... better fish on view over there , or even an old man drifting down in a boat . It is better to lean downstream than up . This is because it is pleasanter to watch water running away from you than towards you , and also because there is ...
Page 413
... better at my age to be the sweeper than the swept . The exercise made me thirsty , as well as hungry , and I went in search of water . The public drinking troughs were full of bodies and I firmly believe I might have gone straight home ...
... better at my age to be the sweeper than the swept . The exercise made me thirsty , as well as hungry , and I went in search of water . The public drinking troughs were full of bodies and I firmly believe I might have gone straight home ...
Page 328
... better paint , better carpenter's tools and better tile adhesives ? The average male argues , as I do , that the thousand and one inventions of war must some day confer immeasurable blessings on the arts of peace . The scientific ...
... better paint , better carpenter's tools and better tile adhesives ? The average male argues , as I do , that the thousand and one inventions of war must some day confer immeasurable blessings on the arts of peace . The scientific ...
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