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You will allow me to say with becoming brevity
You will be pleased to hear
You will bear me out when I say
You will clearly understand
You will expect me to say something about
You will forgive me
You will join with me, I trust
You will observe
You will pardon me, I am sure
You will scarcely be surprised
You would never dream of urging
You yourselves are the evidence
Your friendly and generous words
Your good sense must tell you
Your presence seems to say
SECTION XI
MISCELLANEOUS PHRASES
A
A bewildering labyrinth of facts
A blank absence of interest or sympathy
A bloodless diplomatist
A breach of confidence
A brilliant and paradoxical talker
A burning sense of shame and horror
A century of disillusionment
A certain catholicity of taste [catholicity = universality]
A cheap and coarse cynicism
A civilizing agency of conspicuous value
A cleanness and probity of life [probity = integrity; uprightness]
A commendable restraint
A condescending and patronizing spirit
A confused and troublesome time
A conscientious anxiety to do the right thing
A conspicuous and crowning service
A constant source of surprise and delight
A contemptible species of mockery
A convenient makeshift
A copious torrent of pleasantry
A course of arrogant obstinacy
A crumb of consolation
A crystallized embodiment of the age
A cynical and selfish hedonist
A dangerous varnish of refinement
A dead theological dogma
A decorous and well-intentioned person
A deep and most impressive solemnity
A deep and strange suggestiveness
A deep authentic impression of disinterestedness
A dereliction of duty
A disaster of the first magnitude
A distorted and pessimistic view of life
A dogmatic and self-r
