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If only I had some self-pelf I could get away from it all and go hunt kudus with the Zulus, or fish for cohos, or climb the Changabang.— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 4
"THAT BEING SO, LET'S HOPE THEY'LL STOP THOSE CURSED BRITISH AIRMEN FROM BOMBING OUR LINES EVERY DAY AND NIGHT A STUDY IN SYMMETRY The following story, however improbable it may seem to you, is true Once upon a time there was an artist with historical leanings not unassociated with the desire for pelf--pelf being, even to idealists, what petrol is to a car.— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, September 12, 1917
That Maurice loved power, pelf, and war, can hardly be denied.— History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce, 1608b
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