Lord Castlereagh made so many new words that Canning called him tbe literary coiner. “He has got a mint in his mind,” said he. “ Mint in his mind!” rejoined Sheridan. “ Would he had sage in his head !” The Engligh language is wonderful for its aptness of expression. When a number of men and women get together and look at each other from the sides of a room, that’s called a sociable. When a hungry crowd calls upon a poor minister and eats him out of house and home, that’s called a donation party.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2438, 11 January 1881, Page 4
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93Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 South Canterbury Times, Issue 2438, 11 January 1881, Page 4
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