unearths some literary gems.
From Vanity Fair, 1928:
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Fashions in zanies constantly change. [Gilbert Gabriel]
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Five stories or allegories or charades, acting out ideas. [Corey Ford, from a book review]
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To attempt to estimate his novel in these narrow limits would be merely impudent. Anyway, we haven't read it. [Ford]
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[Bonus: mention of a real book called Fish Are Such Liars, by Roland Pertwee]