Dialect words are those terrible marks of the beast to the truly gente…

Thomas Hardy
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Dialect words are those terrible marks of the beast to the truly genteel. ✨ Mayor of Casterbridge (1886) ch. 20
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Dialect words are those terrible marks of the beast to the truly genteel. ✨ Mayor of Casterbridge (1886) ch. 20

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