To use two languages familiarly and without contaminating one by the o…

Samuel Johnson
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To use two languages familiarly and without contaminating one by the other, is very difficult; and to use more than two is hardly to be hoped. The prizes which some have received for their multiplicity of languages may be sufficient to excite industry, but can hardly generate confidence. ✨ The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Book by James Boswell, 1791.
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