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I had till then had French nurses and I had been sent to a French school for children . My knowledge 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 had till then had French nurses and I had been sent to a French school for children . My knowledge 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 ...
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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 exception ...
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 exception ...
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It is this , however , that has given the 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 .
It is this , however , that has given the 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 .
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Publisher | Literary Guild of America, 1938 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 26 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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