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Who climbs the grammar-tree, distinctly knows
Where noun, and verb, and participle grows.
Who climbs the grammar-tree, distinctly knows
Where noun, and verb, and participle grows.
The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.
The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.
To have another language is to possess a second soul.
To have another language is to possess a second soul.
You taught me language, and my profit on't
Is, I know how to curse. The red plague rid you
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You taught me language, and my profit on't
Is, I know how to curse. The red plague rid you
For learning me your language!
No language is rude that can boast polite writers.
No language is rude that can boast polite writers.
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.
Words are the leaves of the tree of language, of which, if some fall away, a new succession takes their read more
Words are the leaves of the tree of language, of which, if some fall away, a new succession takes their place.
And don't confound the language of the nation
With long-tailed words in osity and ation.
And don't confound the language of the nation
With long-tailed words in osity and ation.
We are getting into semantics again. If we use words, there is a very grave danger they will be misinterpreted.
We are getting into semantics again. If we use words, there is a very grave danger they will be misinterpreted.
