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+ GOOD LIVING THE CAUSE OF BAD WRITING . " We say it is a fleshly stile , when there is much periphrases , and circuit of words ; and when with more than enough it grows fat and corpulent . " Ben Jonson's Discoveries .
+ GOOD LIVING THE CAUSE OF BAD WRITING . " We say it is a fleshly stile , when there is much periphrases , and circuit of words ; and when with more than enough it grows fat and corpulent . " Ben Jonson's Discoveries .
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If I were a publisher , I should invariably fight shy of the " fair round belly with good capon lined , " and immediately offer a handsome price to the Living Skeleton ...
If I were a publisher , I should invariably fight shy of the " fair round belly with good capon lined , " and immediately offer a handsome price to the Living Skeleton ...
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Scarce- ly an English family ever thinks of living there , though its French so- ciety is of the choicest in France , from the number of ancient families who reside there ; and its means of education , libraries , & c . excellent .
Scarce- ly an English family ever thinks of living there , though its French so- ciety is of the choicest in France , from the number of ancient families who reside there ; and its means of education , libraries , & c . excellent .
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Flowers | 16 |
Letters to the Students of Glasgow by T Campbell Letter VI 1 VII | 97 |
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