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... simply the northern part of ' Great Britain ' , the Scottish cultural situation became even more confused . What happened was that standard southern English became more and more the language used by Scotsmen when writing , although they ...
... simply the northern part of ' Great Britain ' , the Scottish cultural situation became even more confused . What happened was that standard southern English became more and more the language used by Scotsmen when writing , although they ...
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... simply a humorous trick ; the dog's eye view of man is carefully manipulated so as to enhance the satire without in the least idealizing or sentimentalizing the dogs . They go off at the end , ' rejoic'd they were na men , but dogs ...
... simply a humorous trick ; the dog's eye view of man is carefully manipulated so as to enhance the satire without in the least idealizing or sentimentalizing the dogs . They go off at the end , ' rejoic'd they were na men , but dogs ...
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... simply touching up a set of characterless old words , as well as providing entirely new words to traditional airs and dance tunes , he was of course going much beyond the editorial and improving tasks he undertook for Johnson and ...
... simply touching up a set of characterless old words , as well as providing entirely new words to traditional airs and dance tunes , he was of course going much beyond the editorial and improving tasks he undertook for Johnson and ...
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