In his last letter, Tyndale asked that he might have “a warmer cap, for I suffer…
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“Sweet Thames Run Softly, Till I End My Song”: Two Kinds Of Poetry; Two Kinds Of Use Of English?
It’s a famous, striking and beautiful line I think! It is also a charming illustration! Charming,…
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“What Is Honour? A Word”
The affections lead us on says Wordsworth. So does language. This is what Falstaff is resisting…
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The Names Of Wildflowers: A Vocabulary To Treasure.
Savour the names! Jenkins is writing his response to receiving a copy of Sarah Raven’s “Wild…
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The Third Realm
The Third realm sounds mysterious, perhaps mystical, but is simply like this. It is English class…
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Expanding Science & The Declining Center.
As though the scientific edifice of the modern world were not, in its intellectual depth, complexity…
Continue ReadingHow Do We Grow?
We may say that when we use language, or a probe, or a tool, and thus…
Continue ReadingRime Of The Ancient Mariner: Part VI
FIRST VOICE "But tell me,tell me! speak again, Thy soft response renewing- What makes that ship…
Continue ReadingWords To Re-Charge 1: “Comfort Ye , Comfort Ye My People”.
When words are allowed to weaken, they may need to be re-charged. After all language, as…
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