Fisher's Ghost, and Other EssaysF.W. Cheshire, 1950 - 208 pages |
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Page 17
... speak and don't speak too much like a book . " Good writers do use the diction of their own day to express , in words that sound both true and new , the writer's own temperament and vision . The orator's magic comes often from the ...
... speak and don't speak too much like a book . " Good writers do use the diction of their own day to express , in words that sound both true and new , the writer's own temperament and vision . The orator's magic comes often from the ...
Page 169
... speaking Canada may also be quoted in support of this view . In Switzerland , federation is nearly a century old . Twenty - two cantons with local parliaments send representatives to the Bund at Berne . Seventy per cent . of the Swiss speak ...
... speaking Canada may also be quoted in support of this view . In Switzerland , federation is nearly a century old . Twenty - two cantons with local parliaments send representatives to the Bund at Berne . Seventy per cent . of the Swiss speak ...
Page 170
... speak quite differently among themselves than when speaking to strangers , and it is no easy matter for an outsider to induce them to speak pure dialect , unless the outsider happens to be a dialect speaker himself . An excellent ...
... speak quite differently among themselves than when speaking to strangers , and it is no easy matter for an outsider to induce them to speak pure dialect , unless the outsider happens to be a dialect speaker himself . An excellent ...
Contents
FISHERS GHOSTTWO SIDELIGHTS | 1 |
THAT WORD AGAIN | 16 |
THE ESSENTIAL MURDOCH | 33 |
Copyright | |
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