Materials for French prose composition, or selections from the best English writers, with idiomatic renderings, by F. E. A. GascFerdinand E A. Gasc 1860 |
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... believe , the nearest possible to the original . And yet , here , we are obliged to use a somewhat vulgar expression ; for découper ' is rather so in the former sense ( découper un entre- chat ) . We generally say , battre ( or passer ...
... believe , the nearest possible to the original . And yet , here , we are obliged to use a somewhat vulgar expression ; for découper ' is rather so in the former sense ( découper un entre- chat ) . We generally say , battre ( or passer ...
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... believe I have now told you all that may be of use to you , in a general way , in the course of this work , and I do trust your translations of the following extracts will be the better for these hints . G *** ( 1 ) This is taken from ...
... believe I have now told you all that may be of use to you , in a general way , in the course of this work , and I do trust your translations of the following extracts will be the better for these hints . G *** ( 1 ) This is taken from ...
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... believe or affirm that trees went forth to meet him ; 12 that he was saluted by stones ; that water gushed from his fingers ; that he fed the hungry and the sick , and raised the dead ; 13 that a beam groaned to 14 him ; that a camel ...
... believe or affirm that trees went forth to meet him ; 12 that he was saluted by stones ; that water gushed from his fingers ; that he fed the hungry and the sick , and raised the dead ; 13 that a beam groaned to 14 him ; that a camel ...
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... believe I am right , 3 my love , " said the husband , mildly . “ Reason ! ” 4 exclaimed the wife , astonished . “ What reason can you possibly 5 have to believe you are right , when I tell you I am morally certain you are wrong , my ...
... believe I am right , 3 my love , " said the husband , mildly . “ Reason ! ” 4 exclaimed the wife , astonished . “ What reason can you possibly 5 have to believe you are right , when I tell you I am morally certain you are wrong , my ...
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... believe , the only way in which it can be ma- naged : fermer la bouche a quel- qu'un would have done very well , in the first instance , but , in the second , unfortunately , remplir la bouche à quelqu'un cannot be used figuratively in ...
... believe , the only way in which it can be ma- naged : fermer la bouche a quel- qu'un would have done very well , in the first instance , but , in the second , unfortunately , remplir la bouche à quelqu'un cannot be used figuratively in ...
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adjective appearance army autre avait avoid avoir believe better bien c'est called chose construction coup course dans dear deux English être expression fact faire fait fire followed force French give grand hand head heard homme honour kind language leave literally live look master means mind nature never note ¹ note 12 noun object observed officer once partie person plural poor preceding present pronoun qu'il reason received rendered repeated rest round rule sense sentence ship side simply singular speak stop taken term thing thou thought tion took tout Translate true Turn verb vous whole
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Page 254 - Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help...
Page 234 - Master will do more Work than both his Hands; and again, Want of Care does us more Damage than want of Knowledge; and again, Not to oversee Workmen is to leave them your Purse open. Trusting too much to others...
Page 97 - As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him; but, as he was ambitious, I slew him.
Page 254 - I might boast myself le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre; that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending. But I found my attendance so little encouraged, that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to continue it.
Page 231 - Industry all easy, as Poor Richard says; and He that riseth late must trot all Day, and shall scarce overtake his Business at Night; while Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him...
Page 234 - But with our Industry, we must likewise be steady, settled, and careful, and oversee our own Affairs with our own Eyes, and not trust too much to others; for, as Poor Richard says I never saw an oft-removed Tree, Nor yet an oft-removed Family, That throve so well as those that settled be.
Page 253 - I have been lately informed by the proprietor of ' The World,' that two papers, in which my ' Dictionary ' is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. " When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address, and could not...
Page 201 - Sir, you have a right to command here. Here, Roger, bring us the bill of fare for to-night's supper : I believe it's drawn out. — Your manner, Mr. Hastings, puts me in mind of my uncle, Colonel Wallop. It was a saying of his, that no man was sure of his supper till he had eaten it.
Page 229 - Judge, then, how much I must have been gratified by an incident I am going to relate to you. I stopped my horse lately where a great number of people were collected at an auction of merchants
Page 254 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary. and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.