Punch, Volume 238Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman Punch Publications Limited, 1960 - English wit and humor |
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... fact , a naïve statement because New York's skyscrapers ( up to 102 storeys ) were built on rock - something we don't happen to have handy . We have to put up with clay , and until we've found a way of strengthening it we shan't be able ...
... fact , a naïve statement because New York's skyscrapers ( up to 102 storeys ) were built on rock - something we don't happen to have handy . We have to put up with clay , and until we've found a way of strengthening it we shan't be able ...
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... fact ZURAHAM that in Madrid , where the frying of eggs on pavements is an everyday occurrence , they play better soccer than any Englishman expects to see on a Saturday afternoon in November , and then go and sit in the sun and drink ...
... fact ZURAHAM that in Madrid , where the frying of eggs on pavements is an everyday occurrence , they play better soccer than any Englishman expects to see on a Saturday afternoon in November , and then go and sit in the sun and drink ...
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... fact ? " when his guest was praising an actor or a play ; the guest then had to pause courteously and say " Indeed , yes , cer- tainly , " before regathering his argument . However , some interesting stuff emerged , in spite of this ...
... fact ? " when his guest was praising an actor or a play ; the guest then had to pause courteously and say " Indeed , yes , cer- tainly , " before regathering his argument . However , some interesting stuff emerged , in spite of this ...
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