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Thunder
ON
The LEFT
Among the notionable dictes of
antique Rome was the fancy that when men
heard thunder on the left the gods had somewhat
of speciall advertisement to impart.
Then did the prudent pause and lay down
their affaire to studye what omen Jove
intended.
—SIR EUSTACE PEACHTREE.
THE DANGERS OF THIS MORTALL LIFE.
By Christopher Morley
Garden City New York
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1925
COPYRIGHT, 1925, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. COPYRIGHT, 1925, BY HARPER
& BROTHERS. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES
AT THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y.
FIRST EDITION
TO
S. A. E.
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