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Dead-Sea Fruit I 294: I have played clown for my ben [...] but though I drew an enormous house, I felt the injury to my self-respect was poorly paid for by a clear half.at ben, n.2
Dead-Sea Fruit I 294: I have played clown for my ben [...] but though I drew an enormous house, I felt the injury to my self-respect was poorly paid for by a clear half. Dead-Sea Fruit II 205: I should say wait, and put your trust in Time — Time, the father of Truth, as Mary Stuart called him when she wanted to obtain belief for a bouncer, — and oh, what an incredible number of royal bouncers were carried to and fro in the despatches of that period!at bouncer, n.1
Dead-Sea Fruit II 164: ‘Cramming Thicksides!’ cried Mrs. Jerningham, in amazement; ‘what, in mercy’s name, did he mean by that?’ ‘Oh, Thicksides is the Oxonian name for Thucydides.’ [...] ‘Your father used to cram Thicksides?’.at cram, v.
Dead-Sea Fruit I 314: The gorger’s awful coally on his own slumming, eh? [...] I mean to say that our friend the manager is rather sweet upon his own acting.at gorger, n.1
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