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Page after page—full of caustic satire, humorous sally and profound epigram—fairly bristles with merriment.

To-day old Gaul bristles with free Communes, as three hundred years ago it bristled with feudal castles.

The end of the tail, like that of the elephant, is furnished with a tuft of large bristles, very hard and very solid.

Above the mouth there are some thick bristles, as large, but not so stiff as those of the hedge-hog.

In a domestic state, and in cold and temperate climates, his ears are somewhat pendent, and his bristles are white.

No, you would never believe how these little hair bristles on the upper lip are a relief to the eye and good in other ways.

The scalp should be well brushed with moderately firm but not hard bristles.

Their bodies are covered with long bristles, resembling very much the quills of the porcupine.

MARTIN RATTLERR.M. BALLANTYNE

The hair on the back of Freckles' neck arose as bristles, and his knees wavered beneath him.

FRECKLESGENE STRATTON-PORTER

"There's something more than common down there; see how Ringwood bristles up on the back," said Joe.

WILD WESTERN SCENESJOHN BEAUCHAMP JONES

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OCTOBER 26, 1985