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Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.
Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.
Writ in the climate of heaven, in the language spoken by angels.
Writ in the climate of heaven, in the language spoken by angels.
Thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter!
Thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter!
I am the King of Rome, and above grammar.
[Lat., Ego sum rex Romanus, et supra grammaticam.]
I am the King of Rome, and above grammar.
[Lat., Ego sum rex Romanus, et supra grammaticam.]
The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib.
The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib.
Morals and manners will rise or decline with our attention to
grammar.
Morals and manners will rise or decline with our attention to
grammar.
For I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me.
For I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me.
The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.
The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.
