HEARD IN A BOOKSHOP, “Six shillings net, madam.” “ I see. And how much in cloth ? ” Many of the oldest carols were fantastic songs which preserved curious legends so old that their origin is forgotten. It is of comparatively recent year’s that Christmas carols became more or less "sacred songs.’’ The faulty nature of English orthography may be gleaned from the fact that only sixty words are spelt phonetically, such as so, no, potato, iota. Nearly every word, certainly every line, contains glaring inconsistencies of spelling and pronunciation. Maryland, in America, was so named in honor of Queen Henrietta Maria, #he consort of Charles I.
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Evening Star, Issue 19762, 12 January 1928, Page 2
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104Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 Evening Star, Issue 19762, 12 January 1928, Page 2
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