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"And now let us pray blessings on that simple-speaking gentleman who does so much 'cause he says so little."
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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"And now let us pray blessings on that simple-speaking gentleman who does so much 'cause he says so little."
Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 6 George Meredith 1868
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"And now let us pray blessings on that simple-speaking gentleman who does so much 'cause he says so little."
Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Complete George Meredith 1868
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She grew eloquent -- the plain, simple-speaking woman -- when something that was great and living to her would find utterance.
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Officers in Dumfries and Galloway have made a plea for simple-speaking in the service after claiming they are being bogged down with jargon.
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