What does 'would that' mean? Would that you could meet the sun and the wind with more of your skin and less of your raiment

The below passage is from Khalil Gibran's The Prophet . Please help me to understand this passage. Perhaps, Gibran is saying that there is no real need of clothes. It is just one of our own unnecessary adoptions. I have set the words in bold

abridging the freedom of speech Isn't 'the' also an article? Smile" src="http://www.englishforums.com/emoticons/emotion-1.gif" mce_src="/emoticons/emotion-1.gif">

Q1: He don't put a bolt to a nut Can't on be used instead? Q2: Of course, a salesman sells a dream. Then, I would have written: Nobody dast blame this man. A salesman is got to ( sell ) dream, boy. It comes with the

Thank you very much, Mr W. For my own reference: From M-W online, the definition of "impression" that seems to me to fit best is "a telling (effective, expressive) image impressed on the senses or the mind". The

Hi Barbara, Thank you for the input. I understand the phrasem, which can easily be converted into a sentence, as ''I wish you many happy returns (repetitions) of the day ('the day' stands for birthday). It is same as

I feel that if I knew the lyrics I wouldn't like the songs that much. This is the same version as in your previous post except that now you have used full form of ''won't''.

What we have to do is to be forever curious, testing new opinions and courting new impressions. These are the definitions of 'impression' and 'court' from Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary. Which one of the definitions

Avangi, I think you are right. That text was taken from Wikipedia. People make a lot of mistakes on Wikipedia but it is still one of the best gifts of the internet to mankind. Is it correct now? The book has 1,058 pages and narrates

Hi, I saw your post after I had replied to Nona's. Jackson: Please excuse me; I have taken some liberties in interpreting what you have written. No problems. Q1: Who told you that there is no freedom of speech