The Quarterly Review, Volume 293William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1955 |
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... Professor Potter deals mainly with the nature and history of our language , Mr Partridge with its practical use and abuse to - day . These admirable and permanently useful books can be got for the price of one ephemeral novel . 6 ' Our ...
... Professor Potter deals mainly with the nature and history of our language , Mr Partridge with its practical use and abuse to - day . These admirable and permanently useful books can be got for the price of one ephemeral novel . 6 ' Our ...
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... Professor Potter gives a list of trades and pro- fessions that have their own slang . Among the pro- fessions he might have included that of the orchestral musician , which has some very queer words , one of the strangest being ' the ...
... Professor Potter gives a list of trades and pro- fessions that have their own slang . Among the pro- fessions he might have included that of the orchestral musician , which has some very queer words , one of the strangest being ' the ...
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... Professor Potter shows how the development of English in America took place , and remarks that in spite of the continual influx of other nations , English remained firmly rooted . At ' no time has there threatened any real danger that ...
... Professor Potter shows how the development of English in America took place , and remarks that in spite of the continual influx of other nations , English remained firmly rooted . At ' no time has there threatened any real danger that ...
Contents
How Neville Chamberlain fought Hitler | 1 |
Editor and Bio grapher | 2 |
The Unloved Lawyer | 3 |
Copyright | |
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