PARLIAMENTARY LANGUAGE.
Y«tr may say that a man is not wedded to the troth ; t lr sometimes sutlers from a spirit of exaggeration ; Ur occasionally finds it difficult to confine himself xtii-t'y to actualities ; Ur is unfettered by th * four corners of hard matter-of-fact ; Ur is a past master in the pleasing art of realistically romancing; Ur is paiti.il in de-eribing nature, to borrowing from the luges of romance; Ur is iunch given to an artificial recollection of ini-h-ading statistics ; UrcniiMt distinguish the false from the true, with .a bias towards the former ; Ur has a distinct liking for the utterance of statements *.f a misleading character ; But you must not! Xo, you mu-t not! You reilly must not 1 Call him a liar!— Punch.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2391, 5 November 1887, Page 1 (Supplement)
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125PARLIAMENTARY LANGUAGE. Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2391, 5 November 1887, Page 1 (Supplement)
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