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The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.
The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.
Icky icky icky icky fKANG zoop-boing n zowzyin...
Icky icky icky icky fKANG zoop-boing n zowzyin...
Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high
hands makes them obey its laws.
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Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high
hands makes them obey its laws.
[Fr., La grammaire, qui sait regenter jusqu'aux rois,
Et les fait, la main haute, obeir a ses lois.]
Morals and manners will rise or decline with our attention to
grammar.
Morals and manners will rise or decline with our attention to
grammar.
If it is true that the violin is the most perfect of musical instruments, then Greek is the violin of read more
If it is true that the violin is the most perfect of musical instruments, then Greek is the violin of humn thought.
The secret of language is the secret of sympathy and its full charm is possible only to the gentle.
The secret of language is the secret of sympathy and its full charm is possible only to the gentle.
To God I speak Spanish, to women Italian, to men French, and to
my horse--German.
To God I speak Spanish, to women Italian, to men French, and to
my horse--German.
You taught me language, and my profit on't
Is, I know how to curse. The red plague rid you
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You taught me language, and my profit on't
Is, I know how to curse. The red plague rid you
For learning me your language!
He has strangled
His language in his tears.
He has strangled
His language in his tears.
