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Article : 486 wordsStolid, lethargic, mulish, and not to be taught by experience : that is the character of the Anglo-Saxon. It has not been much modified in this clearer Australian climate, ...
Article : 901 wordsFull vests are quite on the [?] plain flat [?] from is much [?] The [?] which is so often useful for very slight [?] is now carried all [?] ...
Article : 473 wordsHe has a sweet [?] name, with a cadence like the refrain of distant [?] stealing through the gathering [?] Ling Fish was that name. He was a savory [?] with ...
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Article : 51 wordsIt isn’t always best to he satisfied with everything. “Mother,” said a young lady recently, “how came you to marry such a plain, unpretentious man as father ?” ...
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Article : 396 wordsThe other night at a fashionable party, the floral decorations were very collaborate and taste “Isn’t this [?] asked a lady of her husband, indicating a [?] ...
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Article : 30 words[?] — “Oh mamma, I love you so; nobody loves you like me. When we go to heaven I’ll just sit by you all the time, mamma, dear.” ...
Article : 58 wordsMistress— “What ! the cream all gone again? I really cannot understand it.” Servant— “Please, mum, the eat!” Mistress— “Nonsense! when we haven’t ...
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The Warrnambool Standard (Vic. : 1872 - 1900 ; 1914 - 1918), Thu 24 Feb 1887, Page 1
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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