Indian Dust DevilsHobbs, 1937 - 138 pages |
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Page 97
... played a pianoforte solo with a sheet over the keys , to the wonder of those who were laboriously learning the five finger exercises . A thought - reader , or a lightning sketch artist with a local singer to give a turn for which he or ...
... played a pianoforte solo with a sheet over the keys , to the wonder of those who were laboriously learning the five finger exercises . A thought - reader , or a lightning sketch artist with a local singer to give a turn for which he or ...
Page 132
... played Three Blind Mice on the piano , " describing it as an ancient Florentine ritornello . " Swinburne was enchanted because " it reflected to perfection the cruel beauty of the Medicis . " But it is a curous thing that poets as a ...
... played Three Blind Mice on the piano , " describing it as an ancient Florentine ritornello . " Swinburne was enchanted because " it reflected to perfection the cruel beauty of the Medicis . " But it is a curous thing that poets as a ...
Page 135
... played all over the world it has a tradition . The Calcutta Volunteer Rifles bought a Spanish march , II Bilbao , feeling fairly certain that it would be quite some time before a Spanish regiment garrisoned Fort William . The Presidency ...
... played all over the world it has a tradition . The Calcutta Volunteer Rifles bought a Spanish march , II Bilbao , feeling fairly certain that it would be quite some time before a Spanish regiment garrisoned Fort William . The Presidency ...
Contents
PUSH OFF A BIT BEHIND SCRATCH | 4 |
OUR GRIEF CHAMPION | 16 |
THE BOOK OF THE WORLD | 31 |
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