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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 107
... speak . ing now of the young women who go on the stage because they have a pretty face and if good looks were a ... speaking of the actors by vocation . They have a natural gift and the desire to use it . It is a profession that requires ...
... speak . ing now of the young women who go on the stage because they have a pretty face and if good looks were a ... speaking of the actors by vocation . They have a natural gift and the desire to use it . It is a profession that requires ...
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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