Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 330 pages |
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Page 6
... French lady's bookcase . And would any man in his senses speak contemptu- ously of a French lady , for having in her possession an English work , so curious and interesting as a Life of Prince Frederick , whether written by himself or ...
... French lady's bookcase . And would any man in his senses speak contemptu- ously of a French lady , for having in her possession an English work , so curious and interesting as a Life of Prince Frederick , whether written by himself or ...
Page 7
... French book which the little girls of England read to their governesses . Mr. Croker states that Mr. Henry Bate , who afterwards assumed the name of Dudley , was proprietor of the Morning Herald , and fought a duel with George Robinson ...
... French book which the little girls of England read to their governesses . Mr. Croker states that Mr. Henry Bate , who afterwards assumed the name of Dudley , was proprietor of the Morning Herald , and fought a duel with George Robinson ...
Page 54
... French to be a very silly people , much behind us , stupid , ignorant creatures . And this judgment he formed after having been at Paris about a month , during which he would not talk French , for fear of giving the natives an advantage ...
... French to be a very silly people , much behind us , stupid , ignorant creatures . And this judgment he formed after having been at Paris about a month , during which he would not talk French , for fear of giving the natives an advantage ...
Page 55
... French foot- guards are dressed in blue , and all the marching regi- ments in white , which has a very foolish appearance for soldiers ; and as for blue regimentals , it is only fit for the blue horse or the artillery . ' Johnson's ...
... French foot- guards are dressed in blue , and all the marching regi- ments in white , which has a very foolish appearance for soldiers ; and as for blue regimentals , it is only fit for the blue horse or the artillery . ' Johnson's ...
Page 58
... French , of which the roots lie in the inmost depths of our language ; and that he felt a vicious partiality for terms which , long after our own speech had been fixed , were borrowed from the Greek and Latin , and which , therefore ...
... French , of which the roots lie in the inmost depths of our language ; and that he felt a vicious partiality for terms which , long after our own speech had been fixed , were borrowed from the Greek and Latin , and which , therefore ...
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