Part 4 (2/2)

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That Henry James never wrote a short sentence.

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That it is bad luck to kill a spider.

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That German peasants are possessed of a profound knowledge of music.

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That every coloured cook has a lover who never works, and that she feeds him by stealing the best part of every dish she cooks.

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That George Bernard Shaw doesn't really believe anything he writes.

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That the music of Richard Wagner is all played _fortissimo_, and by cornets.

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That the Masonic order goes back to the days of King Solomon.

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That swearing is forbidden by the Bible.

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That all newspaper reporters carry notebooks.

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That whiskey is good for snake-bite.

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