And don't confound the language of the nation
With long-tailed words in osity and ation.


The Monks and the Giants (published c. 1871), canto i, line 6, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

John Hookham Frere Quotes

And don't confound the language of the nation With long-tailed words in osity and ation.

And don't confound the language of the nation With long-tailed words in osity and ation.

And don't confound the language of the nation With long-tailed words in osity and ation.

And don't confound the language of the nation With long-tailed words in osity and ation.