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Not more gas for this expert.

It proves that the worst get to the top " Beyond this place of wrath and tears - but the Horror of the shade." (Henley.)

"0. were I on - hill! Or bad of Helicon my fill." (Burns.) Heraldry displays pickled rage. To be on the shelf here isn't neces- sarily to be parse.

The stakes in the card game be- tween Cupid and Lyty's C.ampaspe. In taken but not removed.

" And the stately ships go on to their - under the hill." (Tennyson.) Ill-tempered or ill-bred?

No ladies allowed in this vehicle. Perver.e. but what art! lig-saw puzzles must be. Very well, a piece of pie for him. Hypocritical mass.

Illumination in Caithness?

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No offence in calling his work rather " precious." Fishermen like than; navigators hate them.

It ko it!

ks though ion has taken the biscu

They're young but incisive. Yet once more, 0 ye Laurels, and once more ye - brown." (Milton.) 7. No players at the theatre?

8. Vague.

9. Horse that goes like an arrow. 18. Not quite the same thing as to hook a pach. t6. It calls for adroitness in India and on the prairie.

17. Ent gels a change of scene.

to. Heavenly snipe!

20. " Alone I did it."

21. Alas! I'm a sausage. as. Founder of Empire Day. 23. Bclloc found his way there.