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Page 102
... speak it well enough to be able to treat of any subject of discourse that may arise . It has a great literature ; other countries , with the exception of England , have great writers , rather than a great literature ; and its influence ...
... speak it well enough to be able to treat of any subject of discourse that may arise . It has a great literature ; other countries , with the exception of England , have great writers , rather than a great literature ; and its influence ...
Page 156
... speak but of one of them , The Sacred Flame , and of this only because in it I tried an experiment that some readers of this book may think interesting enough to merit a few minutes ' consideration . I tried in this play to write a more ...
... speak but of one of them , The Sacred Flame , and of this only because in it I tried an experiment that some readers of this book may think interesting enough to merit a few minutes ' consideration . I tried in this play to write a more ...
Page 158
... speak not the words they would actually have spoken , but in a more formal manner , using the phrases they would have used if they had been able to prepare them beforehand and had known how to put what they wanted to say in exact and ...
... speak not the words they would actually have spoken , but in a more formal manner , using the phrases they would have used if they had been able to prepare them beforehand and had known how to put what they wanted to say in exact and ...
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