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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 cried
...
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 cried
...
Page 102
For French is che 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 of
England ...
For French is che 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 of
England ...
Page 111
The French stage was still flourishing and adaptations from the French in
bowdlerized versions were popular . I got it into my head , I think from the fact
press , that George Moore's Strike at Arlingford was done [ 111 ] THE SUMMING
UP.
The French stage was still flourishing and adaptations from the French in
bowdlerized versions were popular . I got it into my head , I think from the fact
press , that George Moore's Strike at Arlingford was done [ 111 ] THE SUMMING
UP.
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Doran & Company, Incorporated, 1938 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 21 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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