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A truly funny burlesque on the typical modern problem play, followed by humorous sketches of various subjects. The cleverness of Mr Leacock’s work lies in his keen observation and apt portrayal of the foibles of humanity and not merely in a turn of words.
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The Bonehead had a wonderful faculty for calling people by their first names on the street. This, he doubtless argued, would impress the new “swipe” with a sense of his (Porter’s) popularity. It
Henry grunted with an intonation that was not all sympathy, and for a quarter of an hour they sat on in silence, Henry staring at the fire, and Bill at the circle of eyes that burned in the darkness just beyond the firelight.
Accordingly after tea Mrs. Rachel set out; she had not far to go; the big, rambling, orchard-embowered house where the Cuthberts lived was a scant quarter of a mile up the road from Lynde’s Hollow. To be sure, the long lane made it a good deal further. Matthew Cuthbert’s father, as shy and silent as his son after him, had got a
of some vegetable substance, smooth as paper, and covered with writing.
“It looks like Egyptian papyrus,” said the doctor. “That was the common paper of antiquity.”
his is the list of the fleet. It is written here in the order in which they are sailing. Three warships are heading the fleet; the flagship is the H.M.S. Charybdis, commanded by Admiral Wemyss, who distinguished himself a few weeks ago in the Battle of Heligoland.
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