Well, With The French Language, Which I Understood And Spoke, However Imperfectly, And Read In Great Quantities, At Certain Times, The Matter I Suppose Was Slightly Different From Either Latin Or Greek. - SearchQuotes

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Well, with the French language, which I understood and spoke, however imperfectly, and read in great quantities, at certain times, the matter I suppose was slightly different from either Latin or Greek.

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