Grammar is a tricky, inconsistent thing. Being the backbone of speech and writing, it should, we think, be eminently logical, make
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Some years ago, writing about stage adaptations of fiction, I noted: "There is a simple law governing the dramatization of novels:
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John Brown's body lies a-moldering in the grave,
His soul is marching on.
His soul is marching on.
I was not at all shocked with this execution at the time. John died seemingly without much pain. He was effectually hanged, the ro
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John was a very political animal. The thing that politics did and that fame as an entertainer didn't do was provide you with an en
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I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with Blood.
Some said, John, print it; others said, Not so:
Some said, It might do good; others said, No.
Some said, It might do good; others said, No.
John Anderson my jo, John,
We clamb the hill the gither; ...
We clamb the hill the gither; ...
But the cheerful Spring came kindly on
And show'rs began to fall: ...
And show'rs began to fall: ...
The world values the seer above all men, and has always done so. Nay, it values all men in proportion as they partake of the chara
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