Punch, Volume 227Punch Publications Limited, 1954 - English wit and humor |
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Page 106
... facts . My mind is made up . " Such a sound idea could hardly pass unnoticed at Westminster , and already an enter- prising stationer is producing similar cards for Members of Parliament . Of course the wording of the American cards has ...
... facts . My mind is made up . " Such a sound idea could hardly pass unnoticed at Westminster , and already an enter- prising stationer is producing similar cards for Members of Parliament . Of course the wording of the American cards has ...
Page 136
... fact that although Purcell repeatedly sum- moned the waiter , or drawer , by tinkling a bell placed on the table by the manage- ment for that very purpose , the waiter did not appear . Purcell examined the table they were sitting at ...
... fact that although Purcell repeatedly sum- moned the waiter , or drawer , by tinkling a bell placed on the table by the manage- ment for that very purpose , the waiter did not appear . Purcell examined the table they were sitting at ...
Page 230
... fact that , hitherto , I have ventured but gingerly into the field of literature . My dictionary , given me in 1915 by my dear Mother in commemoration of my twenty - first birthday , defines the word " literature " as follows ...
... fact that , hitherto , I have ventured but gingerly into the field of literature . My dictionary , given me in 1915 by my dear Mother in commemoration of my twenty - first birthday , defines the word " literature " as follows ...
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