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Who climbs the grammar-tree, distinctly knows
Where noun, and verb, and participle grows.
Who climbs the grammar-tree, distinctly knows
Where noun, and verb, and participle grows.
Great Britain and the United States are nations separated by a
common language.
Great Britain and the United States are nations separated by a
common language.
Language is memory and metaphor.
Language is memory and metaphor.
The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them
The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them
A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page
of a book.
[Fr., Une louange en read more
A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page
of a book.
[Fr., Une louange en grec est d'une merveilleuse efficace a la
tete d'un livre.]
Spoken language is merely a series of squeaks.
Spoken language is merely a series of squeaks.
Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it.
Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it.
The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.
The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.
He has strangled
His language in his tears.
He has strangled
His language in his tears.
