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" Some seek so far for outlandish English, that they forget altogether their mother's language. And I dare swear this, if some of their mothers were alive, they were not able to tell what they say... "
Outlines of Comparative Philology: With a Sketch of the Languages of Europe ... - Page 181
by Maximilian Schele de Vere - 1853 - 434 pages
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 92

1850 - 638 pages
...being over careless, usinfj our speech as most men ' do, and ordering our wits as the fewest have done. Some seek so ' far outlandish English, that they forget...they were not able to tell what they say ; and yet * these fine English clerks will say they speak in their mother' tongue, if a man should charge them...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the ..., Volume 2

George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 970 pages
...using our Speech as most men do, and ordering our wits as the fewest have doen. Some seek so far for outlandish English, that they forget altogether their...they were not able to tell what they say : and yet these fine English clerks will say they speak in their mother tongue, if a man should charge them with...
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Specimens of English prose-writers, from the earliest times to the ..., Volume 2

George Burnett - 1807 - 528 pages
...using out speech as most men do, and ordering our wits as the , fewest have doen. Some seek 30 far for outlandish English, that they forget altogether their...they were not able to tell what they say : and yet these fine English clerks will say they speak in their mother tongue, if a man should charge them with...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 528 pages
...using our speech as most men do, and ordering our wits as the fewest have doen. Some seek so far for outlandish English, that they forget altogether their...they were not able to tell what they say : and yet these fine English clerks will say they speak in their mother tongue, if a man should charge them with...
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An Historical Sketch of the Origin of English Prose Literature, and of Its ...

William Gray - English literature - 1835 - 122 pages
...farre for outlandishe Englishe, that they forget altogether their mother's language. And I dare sweare this, if some of their mothers were alive, they were not able to tell what they saie ; and yet these fine Englishe clerkes will saie they speake in their mother tongue, if a man should...
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A Practical System of Rhetoric; Or, The Principles and Rules of Style ...

Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1837 - 334 pages
...far for outlandish English, that they forget altogether their mother's language. And I dare affirm this, if some of their mothers were alive, they were not able to tell what they say ; and yet these fine English Clerks will say that they speak in their mother tongue, if a man should charge them...
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A Practical System of Rhetoric; Or, The Principles and Rules of Style ...

Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1837 - 334 pages
...far for outlandish English, that they forget altogether their mother's language. And I dare affirm this, if some of their mothers were alive, they were not able to tell what they say; and yet these fine English Clerks will say that they speak in their mother tongue, if a man should charge them...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...using our speech as most men do, and ordering our wit* as the fewest have doen. Some seek so far for outlandish English, that they forget altogether their...they were not able to tell what they say, and yet these fine English clerks will say they speak in their mother tongue, if a man should charge them with...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: First period, from the earliest times to 1400

Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...most men do, and ordering our wits as the fewest have docn. Some seek so fur for outlandish Knjzlish, y, With dearth of woids, or answers quite awry To...arise, They deem, and of their doom the rumour fliee, these fine Knglish clerks will say they speak in their mother tongue, if a man should charge them with...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers - English literature - 1849 - 708 pages
...using our speech as most men do, and ordering our wits as the fewest have doen. Some seek so far for o other's note, Sinking their great Creator! oft in...Hcav'nly touch of instrumental sounds In full harmonic these fine English clerks will say they speak in their mother tongue, if a man should charge them with...
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