The Summing Up, Part 354, Volume 1The reminiscences of the author's lifetime; insight on life and art; education, discipline and training of a writer. |
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... 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 : ' Regardez ...
... 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 : ' Regardez ...
Page 105
... 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 215
... 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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