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... girls in order by a tap with her old ivory fan upon their shoulder , - Joan Audley had learnt English well . She did not write themes ; she did read Shakespeare 1 and Swift . She worked a sampler ; she learnt THE SQUIRE AND HIS WIFE . 15.
... girls in order by a tap with her old ivory fan upon their shoulder , - Joan Audley had learnt English well . She did not write themes ; she did read Shakespeare 1 and Swift . She worked a sampler ; she learnt THE SQUIRE AND HIS WIFE . 15.
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... English , you goose , ” said Joan , pulling his whiskers . They had left the hall , and were sitting side by side on one of those dear old parlour window - seats that held out in Devon longer than in any other county . Is there a ...
... English , you goose , ” said Joan , pulling his whiskers . They had left the hall , and were sitting side by side on one of those dear old parlour window - seats that held out in Devon longer than in any other county . Is there a ...
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... English has no alphabet . English has a rude a b c , I admit , just as Etruscan had a rude l m n , whence the word element . here am I with a girl and a boy to educate- and I am told that the proper way to begin is to teach them a ...
... English has no alphabet . English has a rude a b c , I admit , just as Etruscan had a rude l m n , whence the word element . here am I with a girl and a boy to educate- and I am told that the proper way to begin is to teach them a ...
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... it " will outlive the palace of the Escurial , and the imperial eagle of Austria . " If the English language last - and it will be the fault of fools if it last not - Gibbon is right . Well , the great 26 SQUIRE SILCHESTER'S WHIM .
... it " will outlive the palace of the Escurial , and the imperial eagle of Austria . " If the English language last - and it will be the fault of fools if it last not - Gibbon is right . Well , the great 26 SQUIRE SILCHESTER'S WHIM .
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... English novelist , little reptiles ! Very hard on the critics ! Farther on , the great story - teller digresses again to laugh at critics — many of whom , even in his days , were briefless barristers . I will quote only a few of his ...
... English novelist , little reptiles ! Very hard on the critics ! Farther on , the great story - teller digresses again to laugh at critics — many of whom , even in his days , were briefless barristers . I will quote only a few of his ...
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