Punch, Volume 244Henry Mayhew, Mark Lemon, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman Punch Publications Limited, 1963 - English wit and humor |
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... English scheme of things is reinforced by the curious fact that the first reference under the heading " Love " in Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases , is " Zero , " with " Desire " coming a poor fourth . This is based on the ...
... English scheme of things is reinforced by the curious fact that the first reference under the heading " Love " in Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases , is " Zero , " with " Desire " coming a poor fourth . This is based on the ...
Page 192
... English . At most we have been a speck of dandruff in Kipling's hair . We have never had the confidence that blessed the intensely gifted and the immensely daft . We alternate between fits of pouting arrogance and grotesque collapse ...
... English . At most we have been a speck of dandruff in Kipling's hair . We have never had the confidence that blessed the intensely gifted and the immensely daft . We alternate between fits of pouting arrogance and grotesque collapse ...
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... English and French stations , and by using the English version as a crib I learned a lot of useful household nouns and en- thusiastic adjectives . Oh , frustration ! For three maddening years I heard French spoken all round me , I read ...
... English and French stations , and by using the English version as a crib I learned a lot of useful household nouns and en- thusiastic adjectives . Oh , frustration ! For three maddening years I heard French spoken all round me , I read ...
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