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...approached the door stealthily, stalking his prey. Coming nearer, he distinctly heard the great cadences and denouements of the speech of a great Shakespearean actor. The little man was doing great things with the famous soliloquy from "Hamlet." Vag has no idea why he did it, but he found himself knocking on the door. As he recalls it, he was going to ask if this were where someone named Smith lived. Now there was not a sound. The voice had halted abruptly with "...When he himself might his quietus make with a bare bodkin?". Vag tapped again--still no sound...
Last week the Nickersons and their fellow Buckramites motored up to Dutchess County for the first big chase of the season: a joint meet of the Buckram Beagles and the Redington Foot Beagles owned by John K. Cowperthwaite of Far Hills, N. J. Prey of the week-end was not the mere jackrabbit or the lowly cottontail, but the rare European hare (giant of the rabbit family),† which has been known to run twelve miles in one direction before turning to circle home. In the three years that the two packs have hunted this region, bound they like bandersnatches...
...opposition was just too bulky, strong, and experienced. Vern Miller frequently fell prey to mousetraps, but looked better on the offense. Of the guards, Sargeant had a distinct edge on Lowry, but even Ernie was over-ridden largely due to a size handicap...
...first month and a half of every college year Harvard Square is a haven for various types of professional spongers who prey on the gullible Harvard men for hand-outs," Dennett said...
...dangers of every type of anesthetic; local anesthesia, for example, should not be used in malignant tumor operations, or in the presence of infection, for the anesthetic needle may pick up cancerous cells and start the "seeding" of tumors, or it may injure healthy cells and make them prey for dangerous bacteria already lodging in the body...