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Am I not preparing for the great object of embellishing the tongue of my fathers?
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The speaker asks whether they are preparing to improve and enrich the language inherited from their ancestors. “The tongue of my fathers” means that ancestral language, while “embellishing” suggests giving it greater beauty or expressive power. The question presents this work as a serious purpose.
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- The University of Chicago, C. B. Seely, introduction to The Slaying of Meghanada
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