The Barber's Chair: And The Hedgehog LettersChatto and Windus, 1874 - 327 pages |
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Page 14
... story out of my mouth , go on , though every word you speak's a bitter almond . Nutts . Well , it isn't a thing to talk sugar - plums about , is it ? I'm not a young lady , am I ? Mrs Nutts . ( From back parlour . ) I wish you'd ...
... story out of my mouth , go on , though every word you speak's a bitter almond . Nutts . Well , it isn't a thing to talk sugar - plums about , is it ? I'm not a young lady , am I ? Mrs Nutts . ( From back parlour . ) I wish you'd ...
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... foul air , and all that . Gets raised in the scale , as the story of it goes . Why , there must be always some- body at the bottom of the steps , mustn't there ? C Nutts . Why , yes . But then the steps The barber's chair . 33.
... foul air , and all that . Gets raised in the scale , as the story of it goes . Why , there must be always some- body at the bottom of the steps , mustn't there ? C Nutts . Why , yes . But then the steps The barber's chair . 33.
Page 51
... story- books , but never was intended . War and all that was meant from the first . War runs through our natur . Everything wars upon everything . There's nothing so little as doesn't eat up something as is smaller than itself . Look ...
... story- books , but never was intended . War and all that was meant from the first . War runs through our natur . Everything wars upon everything . There's nothing so little as doesn't eat up something as is smaller than itself . Look ...
Page 59
... story was about a little gal as was left in a basket in the wide world , with nothin ' but chance to look after her . Tickle . I know that ; but isn't that little gal , with her bit o ' wretched flannin , in her miserable bit o ' basket ...
... story was about a little gal as was left in a basket in the wide world , with nothin ' but chance to look after her . Tickle . I know that ; but isn't that little gal , with her bit o ' wretched flannin , in her miserable bit o ' basket ...
Page 75
... story of the eagle and the child , only instead of the eagle it's that old Gallic cock Louis Philippe . How he'll pounce upon the little wench , and carry her off to his nest in Paris , there to make the most of her ! Quite a case of ...
... story of the eagle and the child , only instead of the eagle it's that old Gallic cock Louis Philippe . How he'll pounce upon the little wench , and carry her off to his nest in Paris , there to make the most of her ! Quite a case of ...
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