The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 181George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray Smith, Elder and Company, 1974 |
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... lady from Ktima Kissing is no sin . Now the cramped , tiny dance had become a creaking revel . His trousers flapped . His feet rattled in their giant's shoes . Stradivarius Number 17 mewed and squealed , while the blood climbed into his ...
... lady from Ktima Kissing is no sin . Now the cramped , tiny dance had become a creaking revel . His trousers flapped . His feet rattled in their giant's shoes . Stradivarius Number 17 mewed and squealed , while the blood climbed into his ...
Page 125
... Lady Caernffrith . Not only on account of the sombre course of my thoughts were taking but also because it livened up the whole business , Lady Caernffrith's arrival could not have been better timed . Indeed , as she frankly explained ...
... Lady Caernffrith . Not only on account of the sombre course of my thoughts were taking but also because it livened up the whole business , Lady Caernffrith's arrival could not have been better timed . Indeed , as she frankly explained ...
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... lady . . . Miss Elizabeth . . . Master John . " Since the protocol required that she should shake hands with the visitor she said " Better run a tap over me fingers . " Having done this and dried them she shook hands and did a curtsy ...
... lady . . . Miss Elizabeth . . . Master John . " Since the protocol required that she should shake hands with the visitor she said " Better run a tap over me fingers . " Having done this and dried them she shook hands and did a curtsy ...
Contents
POEMS translated by Graeme Wilson | 28 |
PRISONER by Elizabeth Jennings | 53 |
JOHN MURRAY 50 ALBEMARLE STREET LONDON W1X | 75 |
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