[Sandra Belloni by George Meredith]@TWC D-Link bookSandra Belloni CHAPTER VIII 8/22
Read their stereotyped descriptions.
They all say the same things.
They have one big Gallic trumpet.
Wonderfully eloquent: we feel that: but the person does not speak.
And now, you will be surprised to learn that, notwithstanding what I have said, I should still side with Mr.Runningbrook's fair critic, rather than with him. The reason is, that the necessity to write as he does is so great that a strong barrier--a chevaux-de-frise of pen points--must be raised against every newly minted word and hazardous coiner, or we shall be inundated. If he can leap the barrier he and his goods must be admitted.
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