Cours de versions anglaises ou Recueil choisi d'anecdotes, traits historiques, singularités, ...Ad. Wahlen, 1841 - 251 pages |
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Page 13
... speaking : we now want one on the art of listening . It is not al- ways necessary to talk ; but to listen is almost a duty ; for has not nature , by giving us two ears and but one mouth , taught us that we ought to talk less than we ...
... speaking : we now want one on the art of listening . It is not al- ways necessary to talk ; but to listen is almost a duty ; for has not nature , by giving us two ears and but one mouth , taught us that we ought to talk less than we ...
Page 32
... speak of the vaults beneath St. - Michan's church , a scene where those who have the firmness to go down and look death in the face , will find an instructive com- mentary upon the doctrines of moral humiliation that are periodically ...
... speak of the vaults beneath St. - Michan's church , a scene where those who have the firmness to go down and look death in the face , will find an instructive com- mentary upon the doctrines of moral humiliation that are periodically ...
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... speak of it . This answer , as we may readily conceive , only increased his mother's curiosity . She became more solicitous , and employed every means in her power to obtain the information she wished . Her son , to avoid any further ...
... speak of it . This answer , as we may readily conceive , only increased his mother's curiosity . She became more solicitous , and employed every means in her power to obtain the information she wished . Her son , to avoid any further ...
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... you for a depositary , if I knew in this city another man more honest . Do ( 1 ) To set out , partir . ( 2 ) To attend again , revenir . INTREPIDITY . 57 not speak of the affair , and 56 COURS DE VERSIONS ANGLAISES .
... you for a depositary , if I knew in this city another man more honest . Do ( 1 ) To set out , partir . ( 2 ) To attend again , revenir . INTREPIDITY . 57 not speak of the affair , and 56 COURS DE VERSIONS ANGLAISES .
Page 57
P. Sadler. INTREPIDITY . 57 not speak of the affair , and I will send you the money to - morrow night . 22 The dervise , overjoyed , assured the cadi of inviolable fidelity and returned home , no doubt , fully determined to violate it ...
P. Sadler. INTREPIDITY . 57 not speak of the affair , and I will send you the money to - morrow night . 22 The dervise , overjoyed , assured the cadi of inviolable fidelity and returned home , no doubt , fully determined to violate it ...
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