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Page 420
... live , man and worm , in a time when almost everything can mean almost anything , for this is the age of gobbledygook , doubletalk , and gudda . MORAL : A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make any sense . ONE MORNING the ...
... live , man and worm , in a time when almost everything can mean almost anything , for this is the age of gobbledygook , doubletalk , and gudda . MORAL : A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make any sense . ONE MORNING the ...
Page 507
... live otter . He pondered this in silence for perhaps a minute . Then , " You have with you a live otter ? " I said that I very much doubted whether it was still alive , but it had been when at Paris . " If the animal is dead , there ...
... live otter . He pondered this in silence for perhaps a minute . Then , " You have with you a live otter ? " I said that I very much doubted whether it was still alive , but it had been when at Paris . " If the animal is dead , there ...
Page 555
... live . SECOND GHOST . I see a vacant seat in the chimney corner , and a crutch without an owner , carefully preserved . If these shadows remain unaltered by the future the child will die . SCROOGE . No , no . Oh , no , kind Spirit ! Say ...
... live . SECOND GHOST . I see a vacant seat in the chimney corner , and a crutch without an owner , carefully preserved . If these shadows remain unaltered by the future the child will die . SCROOGE . No , no . Oh , no , kind Spirit ! Say ...
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