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Quotations for every occasion

  One of the most interesting aspects of working with quotations is seeing how words from one occasion are applicable to another. The recent controversy over the sale of Forestry Commission land brought to mind the words of the poet William Blake, writing over 200 years ago: ‘The tree which moves some to tears of [...]

Posted on: May 27 2011 | Posted by: | Comments: 0 | Categories: English in use | Tags: , , , , ,

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