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ENGLISH HUMOUR HOULD I have headed this letter “ British Humour ” ? Or , perOhaps , “ Humour Written and Spoken in the Language Common to Natives of Great Britain and Ireland ” ? The latter is certainly what I mean ; yet there are great ...
ENGLISH HUMOUR HOULD I have headed this letter “ British Humour ” ? Or , perOhaps , “ Humour Written and Spoken in the Language Common to Natives of Great Britain and Ireland ” ? The latter is certainly what I mean ; yet there are great ...
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And it has often been said , in order to distinguish inoffensively between the American way and the English way , that American humour consists of overstatement , and the English of understatement . Since American writers constantly ...
And it has often been said , in order to distinguish inoffensively between the American way and the English way , that American humour consists of overstatement , and the English of understatement . Since American writers constantly ...
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The good - humour of the English , I suggest , is the fruit of a sense of being undefeated islanders ; the freedom of their humour from malice , or , if you prefer the word , reason , belongs to the same order of things .
The good - humour of the English , I suggest , is the fruit of a sense of being undefeated islanders ; the freedom of their humour from malice , or , if you prefer the word , reason , belongs to the same order of things .
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WHY READ THE CLASSICS? Page | 9 |
DICKENS AND THACKERAY AT CHRISTMAS | 15 |
MARY RUSSELL MITFORD | 21 |
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