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... English unit taunts about certain accidents of its birth . None of his British hearers could help laughing at his mistakes , his knowledge , and his English . Nor could the least hu- morous priest of ill - will have kept his countenance ...
... English unit taunts about certain accidents of its birth . None of his British hearers could help laughing at his mistakes , his knowledge , and his English . Nor could the least hu- morous priest of ill - will have kept his countenance ...
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... English language . There is , of course , some slang which is not slovenly but which has been born in some flash of genuine insight ; and the language is always being enriched by absorbing many such words from below , much as the English ...
... English language . There is , of course , some slang which is not slovenly but which has been born in some flash of genuine insight ; and the language is always being enriched by absorbing many such words from below , much as the English ...
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... English are as slight as its difficulties are great , and they warn their fellows to this effect . Nor does the oral sound of English allay the prejudice thus created . Soothing and dear and charming that sound is to English ears . But ...
... English are as slight as its difficulties are great , and they warn their fellows to this effect . Nor does the oral sound of English allay the prejudice thus created . Soothing and dear and charming that sound is to English ears . But ...
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ON GOING A JOURNEY William Hazlitt | 7 |
HOLIDAY John Galsworthy | 18 |
OF FRIENDSHIP Francis Bacon | 25 |
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