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Joseph Devlin

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[Wikipedia] Joseph Devlin was an Irish journalist and influential nationalist politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Irish Parliamentary Party in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Later Devlin was an MP and leader of the Nationalist Party in the Parliament of Northern Ireland. He was r

Quotes by Joseph Devlin

“The English language is the tongue now current in England and her colonies throughout the world and also throughout the greater part…

Angles

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“subjects. Directions. CHAPTER XIII CHOICE OF WORDS”

Language

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Shakespeare was not a scholar in the sense we regard the term to-day, yet no man ever lived or probably ever will…

Book

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“Every person of intelligence should be able to use his mother tongue correctly. It only requires a little pains, a little care,…

Education

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There is an old Latin quotation in regard to the poet which says 'Poeta nascitur non fit' the translation of which is-…

Born

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“The greatest scholar alive hasn't more than four thousand different words at his command, and he never has occasion to use half…

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“In employing the long sentence the inexperienced writer should not strain after the heavy, ponderous type. Johnson and Carlyle used such a…

Carlyle

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A child can learn what is right as easy as what is wrong and whatever impressions are made on the mind when…

Brainwashing

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“plural is generally formed from the singular by the addition of s or es.”

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“ Every person of intelligence should be able to use his mother tongue correctly . It only requires a little pains, a…

Education

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“In order to speak and write the English language correctly, it is imperative that the fundamental principles of the Grammar be mastered,…

English language

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“Homeward the ploughman plods his weary way. The ploughman plods his weary way homeward. Plods homeward the ploughman his weary way. His…

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“In the works of Shakespeare , the most wonderful genius the world has ever known, there is the enormous number of 15,000…

Language

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“...[T]he three greatest works are those of Homer , Dante and Shakespeare . These are closely followed by the works of Virgil…

Dante

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To use a big word or a foreign word when a small one and a familiar one will answer the same purpose,…

Answers

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“ Shakespeare used the word 'flush' to indicate plenty of money. Well, just remember there was only one Shakespeare , and he…

Flush

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All the words in the English language are divided into nine great classes. These classes are called the Parts of Speech. They…

Adjectives

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