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have not even a visiting acquaintance with her." At the same moment, these self-same winds are "a-sharting in my ear":  "We don't confess to nothink of the sort!

Ho, leave us in yer will before yer die!" 'Tis well to be you, looking forward to sailing the Spanish Main

Of Philip Guedalla's Supers and Supermen, Teixeira writes, 7. 11. 20:  ''I have got it out of the Times Book Club because of a kindly notice. There are two or three delicious plums in it''

Among the happy phrases is one—"nudging us with his inimitably knowing inverted commas"—to which I would in my mean, Parthian way call your attention, as bearing upon one of our recent controversies

''What is B. N. C., a Noxford college mentioned in Galsworthy's book? ''he asks, 10. 11. 20.'' Bras (?z) enos? How I hate these initials!''

On St. Stanislaus' Day, he writes:

Many thanks for your letter of yesterday (which was the eve of St. Stanislaus) I have no  bright social news for you.