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unearths some literary gems.
From Still Dead, by Ronald Knox:
***"if there is any suspicion of hanky, not to mention panky"***"I preserve my complexion, you see, as a kind of ancient monument."***You would have said at once that it came from an ironmonger's, and the event would have applauded your guess.***"Is Major Henry superstitious?...he didn't sound to me the kind of man who would be.""The kind of man who would be superstitious is never the kind of man who is."***"I know perfectly well what you look like when you've thought of something rather important. Your face gets all long, and your mouth quite round, and you look as if you were wishing you'd been taught to whistle."***[The lost-luggage attendant] moved like a priest in his temple of absent-mindedness....his eye lighting up with the prospect of showing off his treasures to a connoisseur.***[Bonus: a natural formation known as the Devil's Dimple]
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