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... speak to his son but as a father ; to his wife but as a husband ; to his enemy but upon terms : whereas a friend may speak as the case requires , and not as it sorteth with the person . But to enumerate these things were endless : I ...
... speak to his son but as a father ; to his wife but as a husband ; to his enemy but upon terms : whereas a friend may speak as the case requires , and not as it sorteth with the person . But to enumerate these things were endless : I ...
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... speak any but his own , may have read very few books . whatever language he knows , he knows precisely ; what- ever word he pronounces , he pronounces rightly . Above all , he is learned in the peerage of words , knows the words of true ...
... speak any but his own , may have read very few books . whatever language he knows , he knows precisely ; what- ever word he pronounces , he pronounces rightly . Above all , he is learned in the peerage of words , knows the words of true ...
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... speaking English to a foreigner I do always try to be helpful . I bear witness against Mme . Chose and M. Tel that for me they have never made a like effort in their French . It is said that French people do not really speak faster than ...
... speaking English to a foreigner I do always try to be helpful . I bear witness against Mme . Chose and M. Tel that for me they have never made a like effort in their French . It is said that French people do not really speak faster than ...
Contents
ON GOING A JOURNEY William Hazlitt | 7 |
HOLIDAY John Galsworthy | 18 |
OF FRIENDSHIP Francis Bacon | 25 |
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