English Prose from Mandeville to RuskinWilliam Peacock Oxford University Press, 1947 - 379 pages |
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... talk on a cabinet minister , answered probably with words worse than silence , being deceptive ; or snatch , once or ... talk to us as long as we like , whatever our rank or occupa- tion ; -talk to us in the best words they can choose ...
... talk on a cabinet minister , answered probably with words worse than silence , being deceptive ; or snatch , once or ... talk to us as long as we like , whatever our rank or occupa- tion ; -talk to us in the best words they can choose ...
Page 374
... talk , but to the studied , determined , chosen addresses of the wisest of men ; -this station of audience , and honour- able privy council , you despise ! But perhaps you will say that it is because the living people talk of things ...
... talk , but to the studied , determined , chosen addresses of the wisest of men ; -this station of audience , and honour- able privy council , you despise ! But perhaps you will say that it is because the living people talk of things ...
Page 375
... talk of some person whom you cannot otherwise converse with , printed for you . Very useful often , telling you what you need to know ; very pleasant often , as a sensible friend's present talk would be . These bright accounts of ...
... talk of some person whom you cannot otherwise converse with , printed for you . Very useful often , telling you what you need to know ; very pleasant often , as a sensible friend's present talk would be . These bright accounts of ...
Contents
BIR THOMAS MALORY ABOUT 1470 | 17 |
LORD BERNERS 1467 ?1532 | 17 |
SIR THOMAS ELYOT 1490 ?1546 | 24 |
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