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    Wine, Water, and Song
    Wine, Water, and Song
    Wine, Water, and Song
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    Wine, Water, and Song

    By G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateJan 1, 2007
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      Wine, Water, and Song - G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

      Project Gutenberg's Wine, Water, and Song, by Gilbert Keith Chesterton

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      Title: Wine, Water, and Song

      Author: Gilbert Keith Chesterton

      Release Date: January 29, 2011 [EBook #35115]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WINE, WATER, AND SONG ***

      Produced by Jana Srna, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed

      Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was

      produced from images generously made available by The

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      WINE, WATER, AND SONG

      BY THE SAME AUTHOR

      CHARLES DICKENS

      THE BALLAD OF THE WHITE HORSE

      THE FLYING INN

      ALL THINGS CONSIDERED

      TREMENDOUS TRIFLES

      ALARMS AND DISCURSIONS

      A MISCELLANY OF MEN

      WINE, WATER

      AND SONG

      BY

      G. K. CHESTERTON

      THIRD EDITION

      METHUEN & CO. LTD.

      36 ESSEX STREET W.C.

      LONDON

      NOTE

      The Songs in this book are taken from The Flying Inn, with the exception of The Good Rich Man and The Song of the Strange Ascetic, which are here included by kind permission of the editor of The New Witness, where they originally appeared.

      CONTENTS

      WINE, WATER, AND SONG

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