Mighty Midgets
From 1939 the British Woolworths Group sold "Mighty Midgets", 32-page books that measured 3¾ inches by 2½ inches (10 x 7cm) and were sold at the artificially low price of threepence; the price subsidised by a full page advertisement on the back.
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Famous quotes containing the words mighty and/or midgets:
“Why didst thou leave the trodden paths of men
Too soon, and with weak hands though mighty heart
Dare the unpastured dragon in his den?”
—Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)
“I could marry him. Yes, he would marry me. Midgets are not strong, he could get sick.... It could be done, done.”
—Willis Goldbeck (1900–1979)