Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 297William Blackwood, 1965 - England |
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... English for just the same failing , with compas- sion for our unhappy state . As we had , at that time , just eaten ... English . Nothing , we were assured , could be more easy to arrange . Next morning a large car awaited us . The ...
... English for just the same failing , with compas- sion for our unhappy state . As we had , at that time , just eaten ... English . Nothing , we were assured , could be more easy to arrange . Next morning a large car awaited us . The ...
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thousands of Japanese can read and write English , but only an abysmally small number can speak it . She answered that she was studying English Literature at a girls ' mission college in Hiroshima . During vacations she took every ...
thousands of Japanese can read and write English , but only an abysmally small number can speak it . She answered that she was studying English Literature at a girls ' mission college in Hiroshima . During vacations she took every ...
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... English is spoken . 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 ...
... English is spoken . 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 ...
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