olfactories

When the last hour comes, and the father and mother return to their dusky den, the child crouches anywhere on the floor; undressing is not practised; and, if any sentimental person will first of all go into a common Board school in a non-theatrical quarter on a wet afternoon, and if he will then drive on and pass through a few hundreds of the theatrical children, his "olfactories" will teach him a lesson which may make him think a good deal.

Side Lights James Runciman 1871

So with the smell of fresh-cut grass in the olfactories, making summer still feel like the green Dream of youth, here are five cartoon-related books that Comic Riffs is re-reading in recent days.

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They†™ re taller than humans and have one circle in place of a face that incorporates cameras, microphones, speakers and olfactories in a smooth chrome rimmed panel.

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There is in their wisdom a perfume of the past, homely and ancient-fashioned like a whiff of pot pourri, wondrous soothing withal to olfactories agitated by the patchoulis and jockey clubs of modern pretenders and petit-maîtres, with their grey young heads and pert intelligence, the motto of whose ignorance is “Connu!”

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Rowena, I'm more than happy to titillate your olfactories.

What I cooked last night. 2006

After five minutes or so he decided it was time to try some other olfactories.

State Of War Clancy, Tom 2003

Others having broken the stems of their pipes almost short off at the bowl, were vigorously puffing tobacco-smoke, so that it constantly filled their olfactories.

Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

Sure it is, nevertheless, that the Sperm Whale has no proper olfactories.

Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

The stench of burning fur can be quite an insult to our easily offended olfactories.

Surviving Australia Sorrel Wilby 2001

The stench of burning fur can be quite an insult to our easily offended olfactories.

Surviving Australia Sorrel Wilby 2001