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Pagina 184
... English , and makes ' the fools who use it , ' truly ridiculous . Good English is plain , easy , and smooth in the mouth of an unaffected English Gentleman . A studied and factitious pronunciation , which requires perpetual attention ...
... English , and makes ' the fools who use it , ' truly ridiculous . Good English is plain , easy , and smooth in the mouth of an unaffected English Gentleman . A studied and factitious pronunciation , which requires perpetual attention ...
Pagina 263
... English nuns , and I talked with her through the grate , and I am very kindly used by the English Benedictine friars . But upon the whole I cannot make much acquaintance here ; and though the churches , palaces , and some private houses ...
... English nuns , and I talked with her through the grate , and I am very kindly used by the English Benedictine friars . But upon the whole I cannot make much acquaintance here ; and though the churches , palaces , and some private houses ...
Pagina 329
... English press ; and a concise account of the life of each authour , by Dr. Johnson , will be a very valuable addition , and stamp the repu- tation of this edition superiour to any thing that is gone before . The first cause that gave ...
... English press ; and a concise account of the life of each authour , by Dr. Johnson , will be a very valuable addition , and stamp the repu- tation of this edition superiour to any thing that is gone before . The first cause that gave ...
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