"And don’t confound the language of the nation With long-tailed words in osity and ation."
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The Monks and the Giants (published c. 1871), canto i, line 6, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
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John Hookham Frere
John Hookham Frere (May 21, 1769 – January 7, 1846) was an English diplomat and author.
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