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  1. P.G. Wodehouse _ Leave It to Psmith

    In the past she had been compelled to describe this man as a hunk of cheese and to express the opinion that his crookedness was such as to enable him to hide at will behind a spiral staircase; but now, in the joy of this unexpected reunion, all these harsh views were forgotten.
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  2. P.G. Wodehouse _ Leave It to Psmith

    Very rapidly now Freddie realised that what he had been wishing for was a partner to share the perils of this enterprise which he had so rashly undertaken. In fact, not so much to share them as to take them off his shoulders altogether.
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  3. P.G. Wodehouse _ Leave It to Psmith

    Mike's emotion took him back to the phraseology of school days.'You an ass!
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  4. P.G. Wodehouse _ Leave It to Psmith

    Mere surprise, however, was never enough to prevent Psmith talking. He
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  5. P.G. Wodehouse _ Leave It to Psmith

    It is the opinion of most thoughtful students of life that happiness in this world depends chiefly on the ability to take things as they come. An instance of one who may be said to have perfected this attitude is to be found in the writings of a certain eminent Arabian author who tells of a traveller who, sinking to sleep one afternoon upon a patch of turf containing an acorn, discovered when he woke that the warmth of his body had caused the acorn to germinate and that he was now some sixty feet above the ground in the upper branches of a massive oak. Unable to descend, he faced the situation equably. 'I cannot,' he observed, 'adapt circumstances to my will: therefore I shall adapt my will to circumstances. I decide to remain here.' Which he did."
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  6. P.G. Wodehouse _ Leave It to Psmith

    One uses the verb 'descend' advisedly, for what is required is some word suggesting instantaneous activity. About Baxter's progress from the second floor to the first there was nothing halting or hesitating. He, so to speak, did it now. Planting"
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  7. P.G. Wodehouse _ Leave It to Psmith

    But, Ed! Say! Are you going to let him get away with it?""Am going to let him get away with it!" said Mr. Cootes, annoyed by the foolish question. "Wake me up in the night and ask me!" "But what are you going to do?""Do!" said Mr. Cootes. "Do! I'll tell you what I'm going to..." He paused, and the stern resolve that shone in his face seemed to flicker. "Say, what the hell I going do?" he went on somewhat weakly.
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  8. P.G. Wodehouse _ Leave It to Psmith

    He picked up one of the dead bats and covered it with his handkerchief. 'Somebody's mother,' he murmured reverently.
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  9. P.G. Wodehouse _ Leave It to Psmith

    Wait a minute while I think," said Miss Peavey. There was a pause. Miss Peavey sat with knit brows."How would it be..." ventured Mr. Cootes."Cheese it!" said Miss Peavey.Mr. Cootes cheesed it.
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  10. P.G. Wodehouse _ Leave It to Psmith

    Liz," said Mr. Cootes, lost in admiration, "when it comes to doping out a scheme, you're the snake's eyebrows!
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  11. P.G. Wodehouse _ Leave It to Psmith

    We must always remember, however,' said Psmith gravely, 'that poets are also God's creatures.
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