SELBY AS A RUNNER.
TO THE EMTOI: Of THE I.TTTHI.TO.V TTTTES, Slit, —1( you tiunk the matter of sufficient importance to till the columns of your paper, f erir.it me to say to my friend “ Jones," stick to the question; don’t run away into grammatical coustiactions, nor into political qualifications, waich do noi prose or disprove my position. If, instead of trying to prove rsy ignorance respecting a very common English word, *• despise,'* he would first loara the lesson to be conveyed, ho may then find that, hy using the word "disparage," he (“ Jones ") hid made the mistake. “ Despiiso," to hold in contempt, to have tho lowest opinion of, to abhor, contemn, or scorn. Sir, I adhere to my word.—l am, ic , SAME. P. ANDREWS.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 5008, 8 March 1877, Page 3
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125SELBY AS A RUNNER. Lyttelton Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 5008, 8 March 1877, Page 3
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