Dog and DuckA.A. Knopf, 1924 - Всего страниц: 226 |
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... Alley of the Marylebone Dog and Duck Club . At first sight , entering the Alley , one would say that here was a quiet London garden , of 9 Dog and Duck.
... Alley of the Marylebone Dog and Duck Club . At first sight , entering the Alley , one would say that here was a quiet London garden , of 9 Dog and Duck.
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... alley was like a garden . Well , imagine a lawn , shaped somewhat like a capital D. About it goes what we may call the garden path ; this is the actual alley . On the right hand are flower beds - the " Grounds " -and to right and left ...
... alley was like a garden . Well , imagine a lawn , shaped somewhat like a capital D. About it goes what we may call the garden path ; this is the actual alley . On the right hand are flower beds - the " Grounds " -and to right and left ...
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... alley on a slightly raised platform , two feet square , at the right - hand bot- tom corner of the D. The right foot must be on the platform- " the trap " -the left foot on the alley behind . He takes the ball , which is a hol- low ...
... alley on a slightly raised platform , two feet square , at the right - hand bot- tom corner of the D. The right foot must be on the platform- " the trap " -the left foot on the alley behind . He takes the ball , which is a hol- low ...
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... alley " ; to " go to earth , " as that famous old professional , Harry Gunter , used to put it . It takes the best part of a lifetime to learn how to impart that peculiar , swirling motion to the ball which will carry it down the alley ...
... alley " ; to " go to earth , " as that famous old professional , Harry Gunter , used to put it . It takes the best part of a lifetime to learn how to impart that peculiar , swirling motion to the ball which will carry it down the alley ...
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... alley , a free , a gallant ball ; it impinges on the wall low down , at the exact spot which the player has marked for it ; and then , instead of coming down low , it rolls up and abides placidly in Bocardo . And as Dickens says of ...
... alley , a free , a gallant ball ; it impinges on the wall low down , at the exact spot which the player has marked for it ; and then , instead of coming down low , it rolls up and abides placidly in Bocardo . And as Dickens says of ...
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Стр. 33 - ... were wild days, remember — small cups of ale. And nobody knew what it was all about. And here is the strangeness of it. Caerleon means the Fort of the Legions, and for about three hundred years the Second Augustan Legion was quartered there and made a tiny Rome of the place, with amphitheatre, baths, temples, and everything necessary for the comfort of a Roman-Briton. And the Legion brought over the custom of the strena (French, etrennes), the New Year's Gift of good omen. The apple, with its...
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