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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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25 AT EIGHTEEN I knew French , German and some Italian , but I was extremely uneducated and I was deeply con- scious of my ignorance . I read everything that came my way . My curiosity was such that I was as willing to read a history of ...
25 AT EIGHTEEN I knew French , German and some Italian , but I was extremely uneducated and I was deeply con- scious of my ignorance . I read everything that came my way . My curiosity was such that I was as willing to read a history of ...
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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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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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