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Sentimental Journey

... funeral. There was a titter at this, but the Count raised a protesting hand. Pray do not alarm our friend, messieurs. I speak of the ducal burying. Monsieur Renne's funeral is like to be delayed. I knew what he meant. No quick death would satisfy a ...

Published: Saturday 01 January 1955
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 8153 | Page: 62 | Tags: Illustrations 

THE GRISONS

... Til timu til mills IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL IN SWITZERLAND'S largest HOLIDAY REGION but it is too dear for me. He who speaks so, speaks without having adequately examined the question. The Canton of the Grisons is rich and unique in beauties, but it could not ...

Published: Saturday 01 January 1955
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 200 | Page: 11 | Tags: Illustrations 

MAPPIN AND WEBB LTD

... MAPPIN AND WEBB LTD MAPPIN AND WEBB LTD THE LANGUAGE OF SILVER Sterling Silver has an indefinable air about it that speaks quietly but insistently of character and discernment. This lovely service of Sterling Silver spoons, forks and cutlery is one of ...

Published: Saturday 01 January 1955
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 117 | Page: 14 | Tags: Illustrations 

HYPNOTIC HEALING

... assured that, although the doctor's suggestions will eventually take effect, she will at no time be unable to hear him or speak to him and, if necessary, ask him to wake her up or to waken herself. With this assurance, the patient is in a suitable frame ...

Published: Saturday 01 January 1955
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1332 | Page: 70 | Tags: Illustrations 

THE Quilt

... first person to see it. As I have said, I was inclined to be quixotic in those days. Hearing Uncle Percy, whom I disliked, speak unkindly about Uncle Dick's new wife had been enough to make me take her side. So one day I cut a basketful of roses from the ...

Published: Saturday 01 January 1955
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 4757 | Page: 9 | Tags: Illustrations 

Snow along the Bough

... in a torment of merriment, they pointed at Jim. He'd better go and see what it was about. He soon found out. They couldn't speak for laughing, but pointed to the spot where his clothes had been, and in their place there lay a neatly folded baby's napkin ...

Published: Saturday 01 January 1955
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2857 | Page: 65 | Tags: Illustrations 

MIDLAND BANK LIMITED

... ran on steam (didn't they they had a little black wheel for cranking up with, and a mouthpiece clumsily x adjustable to the speaking height of grandfather (6 ft.) and grandmother (5 ft. 2 ins.) x Where have these contraptions gone We have our own theory ...

Published: Wednesday 05 January 1955
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 282 | Page: 47 | Tags: Illustrations 

Standing By ..

... face With nectar, and runs on, inform the belated passer-by that the dough has been discovered to be still intact, roughly speaking. Not all economists approve these jubilations, we find. The first duty of banking personnel on learning the exhilarating ...

Published: Wednesday 05 January 1955
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1017 | Page: 26 | Tags: Illustrations 

BRER FOX AND CO., TRICKSTERS

... Algy Burnaby, that famous Master of the Quorn, lived for so long. That old girl knew it was the safest spot, and, generally speaking, any fox can buy and sell the whole lot of us where cunning is con cerned. There was another fox who had a favourite tree ...

Published: Wednesday 05 January 1955
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 730 | Page: 29 | Tags: Illustrations 

Yards Versus Metres

... competition motor car drivers like scien tists and nearly all sensible people prefer the metric system, rather than our own. We speak of engine capacities in the metric system and the makers of many major motor car components have, from the early days, used ...

Published: Wednesday 12 January 1955
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1192 | Page: 42 | Tags: Illustrations 

Standing By..

... witch had embraced this in her curse kraxy, naxy, xaxv, gribbity, er, bibbity, and lay off the bird watchers, see Officially speaking, a chap in close touch with the birdwatching racket tells us, encounters with enchanted swans of the aggressive or Andersen ...

Published: Wednesday 19 January 1955
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1072 | Page: 28 | Tags: Illustrations 

Farming for To-day's Market

... undertaking, and undertake to pay higher old age pensions, too, and will probably offer to reduce expenditure on defence. But, speaking quite objectively, I would advise such farmers to make sure of their position. There is a strong minority in the Labour Party ...