Turns of Phrase
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Erasmus’ 1512 rhetoric textbook Copia lists 195 variations on the sentence
“Your letter delighted me greatly”: Your brief note refreshed my spirits in
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A man should swallow a toad every morning to be certain of not encountering anything more disgusting in the course of the day. Nicholas de Chamfort
That tends to happen!
ReplyDeletefairy dust - nice!
DeleteI trust you won't find you're stained when you take it off!
ReplyDeleteA little jaundiced?
DeleteIndeed, you might have an Essex tan!
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Ready to go on holiday with that bloke off Bargain Hunt - Yay!
DeleteBe careful along the wharf front - I think yellow was the "fever ship" flag.
ReplyDeleteI did notice that people are keeping their distance from me
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