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pleasing to the ear
- Though her French accent was so much part of her that it remained, all the mellifluousness of her manner left her when she was engaged in teaching.33-34 — Chapters 33-34 (6% in)
- It has not the mellifluousness of Italian, Italian is the language of tenors and organ-grinders, but it has grandeur: it does not ripple like a brook in a garden, but it surges tumultuous like a mighty river in flood.'85-86 — Chapters 85-86 (90% in)
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