Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 316William Blackwood, 1974 |
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... French fleets , from the unfortunate Admiral Byng's in 1757 to the actions off the Chesapeake in the American War in 1781 ; these led him to deduce that the French had a , concealed method of defence that invariably baffled the British ...
... French fleets , from the unfortunate Admiral Byng's in 1757 to the actions off the Chesapeake in the American War in 1781 ; these led him to deduce that the French had a , concealed method of defence that invariably baffled the British ...
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... French dictionaries . It is suggested ( though not by Sigerist ) that loo is this lieu . 7 ) Le Père Bourdaloue ( 1632- 1704 ) was a most celebrated French preacher ; he excelled at the Court of Louis XIV . Could it be , that ...
... French dictionaries . It is suggested ( though not by Sigerist ) that loo is this lieu . 7 ) Le Père Bourdaloue ( 1632- 1704 ) was a most celebrated French preacher ; he excelled at the Court of Louis XIV . Could it be , that ...
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... French joke . Le water ( short for water - closet ) is a French expression for lavatory ' . Hence , by way of a joke , one could say le waterloo . One informant tells me that he has , on occasion , made this joke ; another assures me ...
... French joke . Le water ( short for water - closet ) is a French expression for lavatory ' . Hence , by way of a joke , one could say le waterloo . One informant tells me that he has , on occasion , made this joke ; another assures me ...
Contents
A BENGAL MAGISTRATE IN THE 1860s BY W HARWOOD LONG | 167 |
A CIVIL SERVANT IN WARTIME BY R KELFCOHEN | 404 |
A FORGOTTEN AIR BY HARALD PENROSE | 527 |
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