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Page 18
... French nurses and I had been sent to a French school for children . My knowl- edge of English must have been slight . I have been told that on one occasion , seeing a horse out of the window of a railway carriage , I cried : ' Regardez ...
... French nurses and I had been sent to a French school for children . My knowl- edge of English must have been slight . I have been told that on one occasion , seeing a horse out of the window of a railway carriage , I cried : ' Regardez ...
Page 102
... French . For French is the common language of educated men and it is certainly convenient to speak it well enough to be able to treat of any subject of discourse that may arise . It has a great literature ; other countries , with the ...
... French . For French is the common language of educated men and it is certainly convenient to speak it well enough to be able to treat of any subject of discourse that may arise . It has a great literature ; other countries , with the ...
Page 210
... French an acute sense of discomfort . The sermons that Henry James preached to the English on form in the novel aroused their interest , but have little affected their practice . The fact is that they are suspicious of form . They find ...
... French an acute sense of discomfort . The sermons that Henry James preached to the English on form in the novel aroused their interest , but have little affected their practice . The fact is that they are suspicious of form . They find ...
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