The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-12-14

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before we make ourselves face up to them,
professor English ought prepare checklist self
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to its tools.
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from the fact that those who love the
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prose in the language and rush through swift and slorn
reading and you will find that its nobility has vanished
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in the English language But they making allow
for the locasms speech
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