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| This is my blunt way, you see. Socrates of Mopsus, with whom I was acquainted in Egypt, used to put his corrections more delicately, so as not to humiliate the offender. Here are some specimens: | This is my blunt way, you see. Socrates of Mopsus, with whom I was acquainted in Egypt, used to put his corrections more delicately, so as not to humiliate the offender. Here are some specimens: | ||
| - | What time do you set out on your travels? | + | What time do you set out on your travels? |
| The patrimonial income supplies me well enough.--Patrimonial? | The patrimonial income supplies me well enough.--Patrimonial? | ||
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| He would apply the same delicate treatment to people unsound in their Attic. | He would apply the same delicate treatment to people unsound in their Attic. | ||
| - | ' | + | ' |
| Another person giving a circumstantial account of a local legend said: 'So when she mingled with Heracles--' | Another person giving a circumstantial account of a local legend said: 'So when she mingled with Heracles--' | ||
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| 'There I quarrel,' | 'There I quarrel,' | ||
| - | When some one described his sick servant as undergoing torture, he asked, 'What for? what do they suppose they are going to get out of him?' | + | When someone |
| - | Some one was said to be going ahead in his studies. 'Let me see,' he said; 'it is Plato, I think, who calls that making progress.' | + | Someone |
| 'Will we have a fine day?' 'If God shall.' | 'Will we have a fine day?' 'If God shall.' | ||
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| A person who volunteered 'but and if' was commended for his generosity. | A person who volunteered 'but and if' was commended for his generosity. | ||
| - | Some one tried him with ' | + | Someone |
| - | 'I expect him momently,' | + | 'I expect him momently,' |
| 'Look you!' said a man, meaning ' | 'Look you!' said a man, meaning ' | ||
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| He took up a man who said, 'Yes, I can grapple with that,' meaning that he understood, with 'Oh, you are going to throw me, are you? how?' | He took up a man who said, 'Yes, I can grapple with that,' meaning that he understood, with 'Oh, you are going to throw me, are you? how?' | ||
| - | 'How shrill those fives are!' said some one. 'Oh, come now,' said Socrates; ' | + | 'How shrill those fives are!' said someone. 'Oh, come now,' said Socrates; ' |
| 'That man is heavily weighed,' | 'That man is heavily weighed,' | ||
| - | 'He has thrived on it,' | + | 'He has thrived on it,' |
| People were very fond of calling it at-one-ment. 'Yes, all right,' | People were very fond of calling it at-one-ment. 'Yes, all right,' | ||
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| Mention being made of a black-hen, he supposed that would be the female of the grey-rooster. | Mention being made of a black-hen, he supposed that would be the female of the grey-rooster. | ||
| - | Some one said he had been eating sparrowgrass. ' | + | Someone |
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| //Pur// Ah, I didn't see it, again. | //Pur// Ah, I didn't see it, again. | ||
| - | //Ly//. By the way, do you know of any one who is on the look in for a wife? | + | //Ly//. By the way, do you know of anyone |
| //Pur//. What //are// you talking about? | //Pur//. What //are// you talking about? | ||
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| //Ly//. Now, can you tell me the difference between ' | //Ly//. Now, can you tell me the difference between ' | ||
| - | //Pur//. No; but I have heard you say that 'sit yourself ' is a barbarism. | + | //Pur//. No; but I have heard you say that 'sit yourself' |
| //Ly//. Yes, quite so; but now I tell you that 'be seated ' is not the same as ' | //Ly//. Yes, quite so; but now I tell you that 'be seated ' is not the same as ' | ||
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| //Pur//. Namely--? | //Pur//. Namely--? | ||
| - | //Ly//. The first depends on yourself, the other on some one else. | + | //Ly//. The first depends on yourself, the other on someone |
| //Pur//. Quite right. | //Pur//. Quite right. | ||
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