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Page 67
... once a week ( Heigh - ho ) . Like everybody else . We were simple bourgeois . We knew what to do . When we found Snow White wan- dering in the forest , hungry and distraught , we said : " Would you like something to eat ? " Now we do ...
... once a week ( Heigh - ho ) . Like everybody else . We were simple bourgeois . We knew what to do . When we found Snow White wan- dering in the forest , hungry and distraught , we said : " Would you like something to eat ? " Now we do ...
Page 96
... Once he enters the world his lack of substance is made clear to the reader . Perusing a lawyer's document , he does not know how to read , and so simply stares at it as long as an actor would on television . But the result is impressive ...
... Once he enters the world his lack of substance is made clear to the reader . Perusing a lawyer's document , he does not know how to read , and so simply stares at it as long as an actor would on television . But the result is impressive ...
Page 229
... once more flat on his ass ( “ I speak to you now from a gray damp place ” ) in the gutter outside his flophouse hotel ; dogshit or gum has welded the seat of his pants to the curb . Anything for a laugh , and once they laugh , you've ...
... once more flat on his ass ( “ I speak to you now from a gray damp place ” ) in the gutter outside his flophouse hotel ; dogshit or gum has welded the seat of his pants to the curb . Anything for a laugh , and once they laugh , you've ...
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