A VERBAL PROFUNDITY
Teacher (politely): ‘ Now, Tommy, what is a periphrase?’ Tommy (eagerly): ‘ A periphrase is a circumlocutory and oratorical sonorosity circumscribing an atom of identity lost in a verbal profundity.’ Teaching (collapsing) : ‘ Correct —sit down !’
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New Zealand Tablet, 6 March 1913, Page 62
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36A VERBAL PROFUNDITY New Zealand Tablet, 6 March 1913, Page 62
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