The Clicking of CuthbertThe Floating Press, 01.01.2011 - 246 Seiten When you're in the mood for top-notch humor writing, only the very best will do. Dive into "The Clicking of Cuthbert" for an array of golf-themed belly laughs. A must-read for Wodehouse buffs, golf fanatics, or anyone who appreciates Wodehouse's gift for the guffaw-provoking turn of phrase. |
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... Cuthbert Banks." "Never heard of him." "Be of good cheer," said the Oldest Member. "You are going to hear of him now." *. It was in the picturesque little settlement of Wood Hills (said the Oldest Member) that the incidents occurred ...
... Cuthbert Banks." "Never heard of him." "Be of good cheer," said the Oldest Member. "You are going to hear of him now." *. It was in the picturesque little settlement of Wood Hills (said the Oldest Member) that the incidents occurred ...
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... Cuthbert Banks to Mrs. Smethurst's niece , Adeline . As Cuthbert , for it was he who had so nearly reduced the muster - roll of rising novelists by one , hopped down from the table after his stroke , he was suddenly aware that a ...
... Cuthbert Banks to Mrs. Smethurst's niece , Adeline . As Cuthbert , for it was he who had so nearly reduced the muster - roll of rising novelists by one , hopped down from the table after his stroke , he was suddenly aware that a ...
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... Banks," she said, "I will speak frankly." "Charge right ahead," assented Cuthbert. "Deeply sensible as I am of—" "I know. Of the honour and the compliment and all that. But, passing lightly over all that guff, what seems to be the ...
... Banks," she said, "I will speak frankly." "Charge right ahead," assented Cuthbert. "Deeply sensible as I am of—" "I know. Of the honour and the compliment and all that. But, passing lightly over all that guff, what seems to be the ...
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... Banks, have you done anything, or are you likely ever to do anything worth while?" Cuthbert hesitated. "It's true," he said, "I didn't finish in the first ten in the Open, and I was knocked out in the semi-final of the Amateur, but I ...
... Banks, have you done anything, or are you likely ever to do anything worth while?" Cuthbert hesitated. "It's true," he said, "I didn't finish in the first ten in the Open, and I was knocked out in the semi-final of the Amateur, but I ...
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... Cuthbert Banks endured in the next few weeks. And, even if I could, I doubt if I should do so. It is all very well to excite pity and terror, as Aristotle recommends, but there are limits. In the ancient Greek tragedies it was an ...
... Cuthbert Banks endured in the next few weeks. And, even if I could, I doubt if I should do so. It is all very well to excite pity and terror, as Aristotle recommends, but there are limits. In the ancient Greek tragedies it was an ...
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4 Sundered Hearts | 79 |
5 The Salvation of George Mackintosh | 104 |
6 Ordeal by Golf | 126 |
7 The Long Hole | 151 |
8 The Heel of Achilles | 175 |
9 The Rough Stuff | 197 |
10 The Coming of Gowf | 222 |
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Abe Mitchell addressed his ball Adeline Alexander Alexander Paterson Amanda Trivett Arthur Jukes Ascobaruch asked Betty bogey bunker caddie Celia CLICKING OF CUTHBERT club club-house course cried Cuthbert Banks drive Eunice eyes face fairway fellow George Mackintosh girl golfer Gowf Greens Committee hand handicap happened Harry Vardon head High Priest hole James Braid James Todd King Merolchazzar little Wilberforce looked married mashie mashie-niblick match McHoots mean Millicent mind Miss Forrester Mitchell morning Mortimer Sturgis never niblick night Oldest Member Open Championship Ordeal by Golf P. G. WODEHOUSE Pekingese Peter Willard player playing golf putt Ralph Bingham Ramsden Waters Raymond Parsloe Devine replied round Rupert Bailey seemed shook shot silence slice Smethurst sort Sovietski stroke talking tell thing thought told took uttered Vincent Jopp Vizier Vladimir Brusiloff voice walk watched Wood Hills words young