Therefore his friends, unless a special commission be given to them for
that purpose, feel unwilling to break the gay circle of conviviality, and
are individually shy of asking for what almost every one
wishes.--_Kitchiner_.
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Though much has been done, the orthography of the Dutch language can
hardly be considered as positively fixed. A witty writer and one who has
_biographized_ the Dutch poets with some severity, but much talent, says--
Spell--"Wereld "--so sets up Siegenbeek, and then
Comes Bilderdyk, and flings it down again.
He will have "Wareld"--'Tis a pretty quarrel
Shall I determine who shall wear the laurel:
Not I!--I like them both--and so I'll say
"Waereld"--and each shall have his own dear way.
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