'Sir,' returned Stephen, with the quiet confidence of absolute certainty, 'if yo was t' tak a hundred Slackbridges - aw as there is, and aw the
number ten times towd - an' was t' sew 'em up in separate sacks, an' sink 'em in the deepest ocean as were made ere ever dry land coom to be, yo'd leave the muddle just wheer 'tis.
Th' most about it is that in th' mornin' yeh'll feel that a
number ten hat wouldn't fit yeh.
The landlord said "No; they were full." The barmaid corrected him, and said "
Number Ten was empty." A waiter was sent for to show the sailor to
Number Ten.
I suppose that the entity of the poet may be represented by the
number ten; it is certain that a chemist on analyzing and pharmacopolizing it, as Rabelais says, would find it composed of one part interest to nine parts of self-esteem.
The critical test of yesterday's statement is not, "How well will this be received by the punters?" but "How will this package accelerate my progress to
Number Ten?"
Her latest novel,
Number Ten, is a funny but damning satire on contemporary life in this country.
One of our men arrived at 11.30 and reported six non-runners, but 15 minutes later another of our representatives went in and then rang through with seven, which included
number ten, Maousse Honor.
All tradesmen who deal with
Number Ten Downing Street have been bound by a confidentiality agreement barring them from revealing even the tiniest detail about their contacts with the Prime Minister.
Officials at
Number Ten were this weekend trying to find a solution to the diplomatic minefield.
Five workers from Gala Bingo, in North Street, Rugby, took park in a 12-hour session at
Number Ten bowling alley in Leicester Road, Rugby - and raised pounds 700 for the Breakthrough breast cancer charity.
That is a tacit admission that
Number Ten has done so in the past, verifying that Tony Blair will lie, lie and lie again to save the job he loves.
The College Chapel filly is owned by the Superstar Leo Partnership and, intriguingly, had her first run just two days after Leo Blair was foaled, thus ending a 150-year drought of squawkers at
Number Ten.