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Page 134
The very wealth of his knowledge of our language , with its slang and familiar idioms , made these quaint lapses sound doubly whimsical ; his talk thus gained a singular individuality , and it might be said that he spoke English with an ...
The very wealth of his knowledge of our language , with its slang and familiar idioms , made these quaint lapses sound doubly whimsical ; his talk thus gained a singular individuality , and it might be said that he spoke English with an ...
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LETTERS AND THE ARTS M. Levinson , in considering him as a Pole , points out that English critics have been inclined to minimize the Polish element in Conrad's character . After all , Conrad was born and brought up in Poland ...
LETTERS AND THE ARTS M. Levinson , in considering him as a Pole , points out that English critics have been inclined to minimize the Polish element in Conrad's character . After all , Conrad was born and brought up in Poland ...
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ANOTHE NOTHER student : ' Ought the Irish and the Welsh to give up their na- tive language and adopt English ? ' Mr. Shaw : ' You are English , are you not ? ' Student : ' No , I am Welsh . ' Mr. Shaw : ' Well , that's even worse .
ANOTHE NOTHER student : ' Ought the Irish and the Welsh to give up their na- tive language and adopt English ? ' Mr. Shaw : ' You are English , are you not ? ' Student : ' No , I am Welsh . ' Mr. Shaw : ' Well , that's even worse .
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