Books and BipedsArgus Books, 1947 - 258 pages "In a word, 'Books and Bipeds' is for the most part a selection of paragraphs from my weekly book column in the "Chicago Sunday Tribune'..." -- foreword. |
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Page 59
... mean ? ' Alice asked . ' His vorpal blade went snicker - snack . ' " Why , of course it means that the stroke was mortal to his corporeal vitals , ' said Humpty Dumpty . ' You might have guessed that , I think . ' " Well , I can guess ...
... mean ? ' Alice asked . ' His vorpal blade went snicker - snack . ' " Why , of course it means that the stroke was mortal to his corporeal vitals , ' said Humpty Dumpty . ' You might have guessed that , I think . ' " Well , I can guess ...
Page 77
... mean- ingful moments since , which may have helped to produce the stories he now attributes to that eerie , romantic , fog - shrouded , midnight bell ? In any case , the anecdote fails to explain - it doesn't try to explain - the ...
... mean- ingful moments since , which may have helped to produce the stories he now attributes to that eerie , romantic , fog - shrouded , midnight bell ? In any case , the anecdote fails to explain - it doesn't try to explain - the ...
Page 79
... mean anything to you ? Do you remember with pleasure John Wesley Pringle , Jacques Anatole Thiebault , Gabriel Betteredge or Enoch Soames ? And what of John Charteris and Oliver Armiston ? Are you really well read - or are you one of ...
... mean anything to you ? Do you remember with pleasure John Wesley Pringle , Jacques Anatole Thiebault , Gabriel Betteredge or Enoch Soames ? And what of John Charteris and Oliver Armiston ? Are you really well read - or are you one of ...
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