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My knowledge of English must have been slight . I have been told that on one occasion , seeing a horse out of the window of a railway carriage , I cried : " Regardez , Maman , voilą un ' orse . " I think my father had a romantic mind .
My knowledge of English must have been slight . I have been told that on one occasion , seeing a horse out of the window of a railway carriage , I cried : " Regardez , Maman , voilą un ' orse . " I think my father had a romantic mind .
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Bible has been a very harmful influence on English prose .. I am not so stupid as to deny its great beauty . It is ma jestical . But the Bible is an oriental book . Its alien imag- ery has nothing to do with us .
Bible has been a very harmful influence on English prose .. I am not so stupid as to deny its great beauty . It is ma jestical . But the Bible is an oriental book . Its alien imag- ery has nothing to do with us .
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I have read many books on English prose , but have found it hard to profit by them ; for the most part they are vague , unduly theoretical , and often scolding . But you cannot say this of Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage .
I have read many books on English prose , but have found it hard to profit by them ; for the most part they are vague , unduly theoretical , and often scolding . But you cannot say this of Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage .
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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