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... dear Joan , they shall learn nothing of the kind . It would be absurd to teach children what is really a nonentity . How many alphabets are there ? how many letters in each ? how many sounds without a letter to represent them ? " Mrs ...
... dear Joan , they shall learn nothing of the kind . It would be absurd to teach children what is really a nonentity . How many alphabets are there ? how many letters in each ? how many sounds without a letter to represent them ? " Mrs ...
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... dear girl , you talk of teaching them their alphabet . Do you know your alphabet ? " " I ought to , " she answered . " What alphabet do you know ? " " Why , the English , you goose , " said Joan , pulling his whiskers . They had left ...
... dear girl , you talk of teaching them their alphabet . Do you know your alphabet ? " " I ought to , " she answered . " What alphabet do you know ? " " Why , the English , you goose , " said Joan , pulling his whiskers . They had left ...
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... dear , " said Joan . " I am very sorry , my darling , but indigna- tion drives me to use strong language . " " My dear Jack , " says Mrs. Silchester , " it isn't your strong language I don't like , it's your long language . " The Squire ...
... dear , " said Joan . " I am very sorry , my darling , but indigna- tion drives me to use strong language . " " My dear Jack , " says Mrs. Silchester , " it isn't your strong language I don't like , it's your long language . " The Squire ...
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... dear child , we haven't got an alphabet . Our vowels and consonants are a set of maniacs fit for Colney Hatch . at other nations . We have twenty - six charac- Look ters , several of which are double letters , several 22 SQUIRE ...
... dear child , we haven't got an alphabet . Our vowels and consonants are a set of maniacs fit for Colney Hatch . at other nations . We have twenty - six charac- Look ters , several of which are double letters , several 22 SQUIRE ...
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... first of about a thousand that I shall have to spoil in presenting you , dear reader , with a three volume novel . Am I digressing ? Very likely , in the eyes of the critics . Have I a right to digress CHAPTER II WHITE PAPER •
... first of about a thousand that I shall have to spoil in presenting you , dear reader , with a three volume novel . Am I digressing ? Very likely , in the eyes of the critics . Have I a right to digress CHAPTER II WHITE PAPER •
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