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HERE was no situation so desperate that it did not seem a little better after a nice cup of tea.-Beverley Nichols. * * % HERE is the prince who can afford so to cover his country with troops for its defence, as that 10,000 men descending from the clouds might not in many places do an infinite deal of mischief before a force could be brought together to repel them? — Benjamin Franklin. in 1784. x * * BEWARE of women in uniform.- " Daily Mirror," London. * * * THINK I am the only book-reviewer left in London who has not threatened to eat his hat-Howard Spring. * * a EARNING grafted on to a weak intellect, if it does not injure, will ‘certainly not improve it-Guicciardini, * * * FINE face is the loveliest thing we can see, and the voice of a friend makes our sweetest music.-La Bruyére.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 71, 1 November 1940, Page 8
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137SHORTWAVES New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 71, 1 November 1940, Page 8
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