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Page 116
... talks grandly of going to the front next February , and you are pretty sure that in February he will talk of going in March . He spends his time chatting with the guests and be- hind his own bar , where he can always be persuaded to ...
... talks grandly of going to the front next February , and you are pretty sure that in February he will talk of going in March . He spends his time chatting with the guests and be- hind his own bar , where he can always be persuaded to ...
Page 350
... talk about it . # He told me that his wife was rather silent and that he wished he could get her to talk . " Good heavens , " I said , " start reading a newspaper . That'll immediately set her chattering like a magpie . " # For ...
... talk about it . # He told me that his wife was rather silent and that he wished he could get her to talk . " Good heavens , " I said , " start reading a newspaper . That'll immediately set her chattering like a magpie . " # For ...
Page 357
... talk too much and old age is loquacious . Though I have always been more disposed to listen than to talk , it has seemed to me of late that I was falling into the defect of garrulity , and I no sooner noticed it than I took care to ...
... talk too much and old age is loquacious . Though I have always been more disposed to listen than to talk , it has seemed to me of late that I was falling into the defect of garrulity , and I no sooner noticed it than I took care to ...
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