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Page 47
... continued the Princess placidly . " The Bureaucrats think only of their pockets , and the people are exploited and plundered in every direction , and everything is mismanaged . " " With us , " said Reginald , " a Cabinet usually gets ...
... continued the Princess placidly . " The Bureaucrats think only of their pockets , and the people are exploited and plundered in every direction , and everything is mismanaged . " " With us , " said Reginald , " a Cabinet usually gets ...
Page 428
... continued , glancing towards the large tabby - marked cat that lay in considerable ease in a corner of the divan . " He lies there , purring and dreaming , shifting his limbs now and then in an ecstasy of cushioned comfort . He seems ...
... continued , glancing towards the large tabby - marked cat that lay in considerable ease in a corner of the divan . " He lies there , purring and dreaming , shifting his limbs now and then in an ecstasy of cushioned comfort . He seems ...
Page 611
... continued , I persevered . Monsieur , I produced a breed of hens that laid an egg which could not roll , however much you might push or jostle it . My experiment was more than a success ; it was one of the romances of modern industry ...
... continued , I persevered . Monsieur , I produced a breed of hens that laid an egg which could not roll , however much you might push or jostle it . My experiment was more than a success ; it was one of the romances of modern industry ...
Contents
Introduction by Christopher Morley | 10 |
Reginald | 10 |
The Saint and the Goblin | 75 |
Copyright | |
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