, .As'.for the .vapid, futile, senseless stuff known as English grammar, the sooner it is removed ,from the • curriculum and'-replaced by-a systematic study of English literature the better.—"Diamond Fields Advertiser," Kimberley. , . / We Englishmen, conceal it as we may, : ' havOi a" good conceit of ourselves. . Wo love to think of' ourself as tho silent race,' unmoved in ' the face of misfortune,-'undis-turbed by clamour,' careless of ' strangers' approval as we work steadily towards our goal.—"Weekly Dispatch." Drunkonness is , most prevalent in the countries whore tho worst cooking exists. Prance cooks properly, and France is a sober country. ■ Ireland never bothers-about : its food, and, as a natural result, it is a-drunkon country.—"lrish Homestead,", Dublin. .
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 36, 6 November 1907, Page 10
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