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Page 41
... French and English is that in French you can be grammatical with complete naturalness , but in English not invariably . It is a difficulty in writing English that the sound of the living voice dominates the look of the printed word . I ...
... French and English is that in French you can be grammatical with complete naturalness , but in English not invariably . It is a difficulty in writing English that the sound of the living voice dominates the look of the printed word . I ...
Page 82
... French classics , a couple of scientific works and a play of Ibsen's . I was in- deed the industrious apprentice . During the time I was at St. Thomas's Hospital I went systematically through English , French , Italian and Latin ...
... French classics , a couple of scientific works and a play of Ibsen's . I was in- deed the industrious apprentice . During the time I was at St. Thomas's Hospital I went systematically through English , French , Italian and Latin ...
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... 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 ...
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