unearths some literary gems.
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Everything about her was no-nonsense, including her attitude to her books, which were (she often said) utter nonsense.
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[Discourse That's Measurable in Geographic Distances dept.]
He was getting, thought Melrose, the answer he deserved--one that would stretch from here to Victoria Street and back.
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Unfortunately, gentlemen from Porlock, like cops, were never around when you needed them.
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"No they didn't, old sweatshirt, to paraphrase Trueblood." [Marshall Trueblood habitually addresses his friends as "old sweat."]
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At the end of the room, the long-case clock bonged out the hour of six in sympathy.
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