Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 297William Blackwood, 1965 - England |
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We have heard a charming old crone in Normandy speak critically of the English for just the same failing , with compassion for our unhappy state . As we had , at that time , just eaten the food and drunk the wine she served we had ...
We have heard a charming old crone in Normandy speak critically of the English for just the same failing , with compassion for our unhappy state . As we had , at that time , just eaten the food and drunk the wine she served we had ...
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Here on the shores of Bantry Bay was this hotel with its English proprietor , English guests and their cars , a world where one drank wine at dinner - a world whose entire outlook and experience was utterly remote from the men up the ...
Here on the shores of Bantry Bay was this hotel with its English proprietor , English guests and their cars , a world where one drank wine at dinner - a world whose entire outlook and experience was utterly remote from the men up the ...
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But Modern English Usage ' was published in 1926 and there have been large changes in our vocabulary and manner of speech since then . Acknowledging that ' Fowler ' was due for revision , we can be grateful that Sir Ernest Gowers was at ...
But Modern English Usage ' was published in 1926 and there have been large changes in our vocabulary and manner of speech since then . Acknowledging that ' Fowler ' was due for revision , we can be grateful that Sir Ernest Gowers was at ...
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Contents
A BIT OF A DUSTING BY W RUTHERFORD | 96 |
ACROSS THE WALL OF TEARS BY JOHN PEMBROKE | 288 |
MR CHIPLUNKAR | 384 |
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