giant in Australian Tales
man, who, in the whitest of shirt sleeves, handed you "Otard" (the brand then in fashion in the Gully), and bid you help yourself, was a shareholder in a rich claim, and could topically speaking, buy and sell you over again if he like without inconvenience. In drinking the said "Otard" you become c…
- Record ID
- 2,272
- Year
- 1,896
- Source
- Project Gutenberg Australia
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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Record context
- Record ID
- 2272
- Source
- Project Gutenberg Australia
- Publication
- Australian Tales; Marcus Clarke
- Published
- 1896
- Narrative type
- Giant and Ogre Narratives
- Public-text label
- giant
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- Australia (Australia): B
- Source voice
- Source Grounded Section Record
- Publicness
- Public Domain Public Web
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man, who, in the whitest of shirt sleeves, handed you "Otard" (the brand then in fashion in the Gully), and bid you help yourself, was a shareholder in a rich claim, and could topically speaking, buy and sell you over again if he like without inconvenience. In drinking the said "Otard" you become conscious of a thumping vibration going on somewhere, as if a giant with accelerated action of the heart was imprisoned under the flooring; and getting out into the back yard, where Mr. Merryjingle's pair horse and buggy is waiting for Mr. Merryjingle to finish his twentieth last glass, you see a big red mound surmounting the stable, and.
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