Word: englishes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...have read the TIME some times. And now I have a great request for you. I were happy, if you do me the favor. I have learnt the English language a long time by textbooks. And now I might it businesslike apply and myself improve. I think, the best way is to correspond with an American. Therefore I beg you is there not a girl, about 14-18 years old she will correspond with me. Perhaps is one in your office or one of your employees has a daughter or relation. Please, do me favour. If you have found...
Second Sunday. As they did the Sunday before, French Premier Edouard Daladier and Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet came over to London last Sunday, this time cheered with much greater enthusiasm by English crowds in Whitehall, which rang loudly with La Marseillaise...
...important English example is a perfect copy of Caxton's "Royal Book", dated about 1487. Noteworthy among the Spanish collectors items is the "Usatges do Barcelona e Constituciones do Catalunya", printed at Bareelona about 1495. Among the Portuguese incunabula is a Hebrew Bible, dated in Lisbon...
...Wells died July 2, 1938. From 1902 to 1906 he was an instructor in English, from 1903 to 1913 curator of modern English Literature in the College Library; then became successively assistant dean and acting dean of the college. From 1907 to 1913 he was secretary of the Harvard Alumni Association, and later became editor of the Alumni Bulletin. He received the British Military Cross during the World...
...those who like statistics the following figures should be of interest. The largest collection in the Library is that on American History which contains about 125,000 volumes. Economics has 73,000, American literature 30,000, English literature 85,000, French History 50,000 and English History 40,000. The Angling collection has 11,500 books...