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The man with the false nose had gone to that bourne from which no hollingsworth returns.

— J. B. Morton Gallimaufry (1936)

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Erratum. In my article on the price of milk, 'horses' should have read 'cows' throughout.

Through Borneo (1937)

Rush hour: that hour when traffic is almost at a standstill.

Morton's Folly (1933)

The Doctor is said also to have invented an extraordinary weapon which will make war less brutal. It is described as a very powerful liquid which rots braces at a distance of a mile.

Gallimaufry (1936)

One disadvantage of being a hog is that at any moment some blundering fool may try to make a silk purse out of your wife's ear.

By the Way (1931)

Dr. Strabismus (Whom God Preserve) of Utrecht has patented a new invention. It is an illuminated trouser-clip for bicyclists who are using main roads at night.

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