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Purifying The Dialect Of The Tribe

Geoffrey Wheatcroft W hen the library of V. S. Pritchett was sold off after his death some years ago, I bought a few books as a mark of homage, among them H. W. Fowler’s A......

Jackdaws

Happy the jackdaws surrounded by their playmate Boisterous wind with which they wrestle and roll, Diving against it, wings closed; gripped and thrown Many ways, open-winged,......