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Dates: during 1875-1875
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More than once has a good honest American youth shaken hands with his classmates after the "Annuals," in a natural, unaffected way, and too often has three months in England or on the Continent produced wonderful changes. He returns with a studied stammer or a cockney drawl, and pronounces all his a's as broad alphas...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE ANGLO-AMERICAN. | 5/7/1875 | See Source »

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