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Page xi
... France are more envenomed than in England ; their pub- lic is too small to support their great number : we have a pub- lic of two hundred millions ; they have one of forty . There is plenty of room for every English writer ; you may ...
... France are more envenomed than in England ; their pub- lic is too small to support their great number : we have a pub- lic of two hundred millions ; they have one of forty . There is plenty of room for every English writer ; you may ...
Page 320
... France when the French , overcome by such a catastrophe , still entertain so inept a vanity ? The Allies can talk till they're blue in the face of the necessity of restoring France to her place as one of the great powers ; they will ...
... France when the French , overcome by such a catastrophe , still entertain so inept a vanity ? The Allies can talk till they're blue in the face of the necessity of restoring France to her place as one of the great powers ; they will ...
Page 334
... France . I have re- fused , but not from ill will , for I owe a great deal to France : it was France that educated me , France that taught me to value beauty , distinction , wit and good sense , France that taught me to write . I have ...
... France . I have re- fused , but not from ill will , for I owe a great deal to France : it was France that educated me , France that taught me to value beauty , distinction , wit and good sense , France that taught me to write . I have ...
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