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I skimmed through all this nonsense, but not a word could I discover anywhere about a savoury omelette. I SKIMMED THROUGH ALL THIS NONSENSE BUT NOT A WORD COULD I DISCOVER ANYWHERE ABOUT A SAVOURY OMELETTE
asking after the health of a foreign person's mother. There were also "conversations in the railway carriage," conversations between travelling lunatics, apparently, and dialogues "during the passage." "How do you feel now?" "Pretty well as yet; but I cannot say how long it will last." "Oh, what waves! I now feel very unwell and shall go below. Ask for a basin for me." Imagine a person who felt like that wanting to know the German for it. At the end of the book were German proverbs and "Idiomatic Phrases," by which latter would appear to be meant in all languages, "phrases for the use of idiots":--"A sparrow in the hand is better than a pigeon on the roof."--"Time brings roses."--"The eagle does not catch flies."--"One should not buy a cat in a sack,"--as if there were a large class of consumers who habitually did purchase their cats in that way, thus enabling unscrupulous dealers to palm off upon them an inferior cat, and whom it was accordingly necessary to advise against the custom. EEP BODY AND SOUL TOGETHER WOULD WANT TO GO ABOUT ASKING AFTER THE HEALTH OF A FOREIGN PERSON'S MOTHER THERE WERE ALSO CONVERSATIONS IN THE RAILWAY CARRIAGE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN TRAVELLING LUNATICS APPARENTLY AND DIALOGUES DURING THE PASSAGE HOW DO YOU FEEL NOW PRETTY WELL AS YET BUT I CANNOT SAY HOW LONG IT WILL LAST OH WHAT WAVES I NOW FEEL VERY UNWELL AND SHALL GO BELOW ASK FOR A BASIN FOR ME IMAGINE A PERSON WHO FELT LIKE THAT WANTING TO KNOW THE GERMAN FOR IT AT THE END OF THE BOOK WERE GERMAN PROVERBS AND IDIOMATIC PHRASES BY WHICH LATTER WOULD APPEAR TO BE MEANT IN ALL LANGUAGES PHRASES FOR THE USE OF IDIOTS A SPARROW IN THE HAND IS BETTER THAN A PIGEON ON THE ROOF TIME BRINGS ROSES THE EAGLE DOES NOT CATCH FLIES ONE SHOULD NOT BUY A CAT IN A SACK AS IF THERE WERE A LARGE CLASS OF CONSUMERS WHO HABITUALLY DID PURCHASE THEIR CATS IN THAT WAY THUS ENABLING UNSCRUPULOUS DEALERS TO PALM OFF UPON THEM AN INFERIOR CAT AND WHOM IT WAS ACCORDINGLY NECESSARY TO ADVISE AGAINST THE CUSTOM
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