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...boarding-school, in order to learn a little ingenuity and artifice. — Then, Sir, she should have a supercilious knowledge in accounts; — and as she...she might know something of the contagious countries ;— but above all, Sir Anthony, she should be mistress of orthodoxy, that she might not mis-spell,...

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...boarding school, in order to learn a little ingenuity and artifice.— Then, Sir, she would have a supercilious knowledge in accounts; — and as she...might know something of the contagious countries;— but above all, Sir Anthony, she would be mistress of orthodoxy, that she might not mis-spell, and mis-pronounce...

...boarding-school, in order to learn a little ingenuity and artifice. Then, Sir, she should 110 have a supercilious knowledge in accounts; and as she grew...might know something of the contagious countries; but above all, Sir Anthony, she should be mistress 115 of orthodoxy, that she might not mis-spell,...

...similar, Mrs. Malaprop crunches half puns, both amusing and ironic, unaware of her affectation. Ex: "I would have her instructed in geometry that she might know something of the boundaries of contagious (contiguous) countries." Popular to this day, they have reappeared in the...

...others of a similar sound and meaning. Illiterate him, I say, quite from your memory. Iob//teratel I would have her instructed in geometry, that she...might know something of the contagious countries... and likewise that she might reprehend the true meaning of what she is saying, (contiguous, comprehend]...