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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... Vladimir Brusiloff. It is little wonder that he tossed in bed, picking at the coverlet, through sleepless nights, and had to have all his waistcoats taken in three inches to keep them from sagging. This Vladimir Brusiloff to whom I have ...
... Vladimir Brusiloff. It is little wonder that he tossed in bed, picking at the coverlet, through sleepless nights, and had to have all his waistcoats taken in three inches to keep them from sagging. This Vladimir Brusiloff to whom I have ...
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... Vladimir Brusiloff." "Dead?" said Cuthbert, with a touch of hope. "Dead? Of course not. Why should he be? No, Aunt Emily met his manager after his lecture at Queen's Hall yesterday, and he has promised that Mr. Brusiloff shall come to ...
... Vladimir Brusiloff." "Dead?" said Cuthbert, with a touch of hope. "Dead? Of course not. Why should he be? No, Aunt Emily met his manager after his lecture at Queen's Hall yesterday, and he has promised that Mr. Brusiloff shall come to ...
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... Vladimir Brusiloff had permitted his face to become almost entirely concealed behind a dense zareba of hair, but his eyes were visible through the undergrowth, and it seemed to Cuthbert that there was an expression in them not unlike ...
... Vladimir Brusiloff had permitted his face to become almost entirely concealed behind a dense zareba of hair, but his eyes were visible through the undergrowth, and it seemed to Cuthbert that there was an expression in them not unlike ...
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... Vladimir Brusiloff's mouth opening, as he prepared to speak. He was not a man who prattled readily, especially in a foreign tongue. He gave the impression that each word was excavated from his interior by some up-to-date process of ...
... Vladimir Brusiloff's mouth opening, as he prepared to speak. He was not a man who prattled readily, especially in a foreign tongue. He gave the impression that each word was excavated from his interior by some up-to-date process of ...
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... Vladimir Brusiloff, coldly. He paused, listening to the machinery. "Nastikoff worse than Sovietski." He paused again. "I spit me of Nastikoff!" he said. This time there was no doubt about it. The bottom had dropped out of the market ...
... Vladimir Brusiloff, coldly. He paused, listening to the machinery. "Nastikoff worse than Sovietski." He paused again. "I spit me of Nastikoff!" he said. This time there was no doubt about it. The bottom had dropped out of the market ...
Inhalt
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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