All the girls, with the exception of May Callan, were squat, and as the country phrase had it—duck-arsed. They were made for work, for breeding.

Mr. Dod the Decalogist; whose society, and Directions for the Hebrew Tongue, he enjoyed one Vacation near Banbury

Du sublime au ridicule il n'y a qu'un pas [From the sublime to the ridiculous there is only one step]; and that step in Spain was taken by Diego Hurtado de Mendoza (already dealt with in his higher walk), the originator of the Picaresque, or low rogue's march novels, of which his Lazarillo de Tormes was the type— …

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