The North American Review, Volume 87Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1858 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Page 96
... French kings were both judges and captains . The French are said to be a " nation of soldiers , " and there is undoubtedly truth in the saying ; but if ever a nation of plaideurs existed , the French is that nation also . An old author ...
... French kings were both judges and captains . The French are said to be a " nation of soldiers , " and there is undoubtedly truth in the saying ; but if ever a nation of plaideurs existed , the French is that nation also . An old author ...
Page 106
... French prose at the height to which it was raised by the great authors and thinkers of the seventeenth century . It may not be ex- cessive to say , that no man in our age has done so much for the French language as Cousin . While ...
... French prose at the height to which it was raised by the great authors and thinkers of the seventeenth century . It may not be ex- cessive to say , that no man in our age has done so much for the French language as Cousin . While ...
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... French taste nor the French language can con- form itself to the stately measure of Shakespeare's tragedies . Voltaire attempted , indeed , to introduce " Julius Cæsar " to his countrymen ; yet his version is of only half the original ...
... French taste nor the French language can con- form itself to the stately measure of Shakespeare's tragedies . Voltaire attempted , indeed , to introduce " Julius Cæsar " to his countrymen ; yet his version is of only half the original ...
Contents
GEORGE STEPHENSON | 21 |
THE MISSOURI VALLEY AND THE GREAT PLAINS | 66 |
Les Parlements de France Essai Historique | 94 |
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