The Dickensian, Volumes 39-41Dickens Fellowship, 1942 |
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... English , by which is meant that he did not write the academic English of Thackeray and Trollope . No , but he wrote an English which in the old phrase was understanded of the people , " and which lives and moves and has its being ...
... English , by which is meant that he did not write the academic English of Thackeray and Trollope . No , but he wrote an English which in the old phrase was understanded of the people , " and which lives and moves and has its being ...
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... English readers did have a chance of hearing him lecture some years ago on humorous subjects , and those who heard him are not likely to forget the experience . You might for a few moments think that what was being said was just silly ...
... English readers did have a chance of hearing him lecture some years ago on humorous subjects , and those who heard him are not likely to forget the experience . You might for a few moments think that what was being said was just silly ...
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... English over the last hundred years , through a Nature Alphabet to a wonderful record of English domestic architecture . B UT all this is not to exalt the illustrations above the written contributions , for both are essential parts of ...
... English over the last hundred years , through a Nature Alphabet to a wonderful record of English domestic architecture . B UT all this is not to exalt the illustrations above the written contributions , for both are essential parts of ...
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