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Letter "T" » the English
«As sheer casual reading matter, I still find the English dictionary the most interesting book in our language»
«If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would have something to do with a shortage of flowers.»
«Continental people have sex-lives; the English have hot-water bottles»
«Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.»
«I believe that every English poet should read the English classics, master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them, travel abroad, experience the horror of sordid passion and-if he is lucky enough-know the love of an honest woman.»
Author: Robert Graves
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Keywords:
abroad,
attempts,
bend,
classics,
grammar,
grammars,
honest woman,
horror,
Rules of,
sordid,
The Classics,
the English,
The Rules
«England and the English As a rule they will refuse even to sample a foreign dish, they regard such things as garlic and olive oil with disgust, life is unlivable to them unless they have tea and puddings»
Author: George Orwell
(
Essayist,
Novelist)
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Keywords:
disgust,
dish,
England,
foreign,
garlic,
oil,
olive,
olive oil,
puddings,
sample,
samples,
tea,
the English,
unlivable
«I tell you Wellington is a bad general, the English are bad soldiers; we will settle this matter by lunch time.»
Author: Napoleon Bonaparte
(
Emperor,
General,
Politician)
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Keywords:
English,
General The,
General will,
lunch,
lunches,
settle,
soldiers,
the English,
Wellington
«If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(
Critic,
Dramatist,
Novelist,
Poet)
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Keywords:
civilize,
civilized,
civilizes,
civilizing,
English,
Irish,
the English,
the Irish
«For Heaven's sake discard the monstrous wig which makes the English judges look like rats peeping through bunches of oakum»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(
Author,
President)
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Keywords:
bunches,
discard,
discarding,
discards,
English,
Judges,
monstrous,
oakum,
peep,
peeping,
peeps,
rats,
the English,
wig,
wigs
«How I like the boldness of the English, how I like the people who say what they think!»