The National Review, Volume 10W.H. Allen, 1887 - English literature |
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Page 235
... France did not change , but in reality rested where she was ; abiding by the same prejudices , believing in the same illusions , accepting the same fictions , heedless of the power of truth , and remaining to the last the champion at ...
... France did not change , but in reality rested where she was ; abiding by the same prejudices , believing in the same illusions , accepting the same fictions , heedless of the power of truth , and remaining to the last the champion at ...
Page 240
... France , and there is probably scarcely a French family without its record written by the absent , of how nobly and truly disaster was appreciated . It is since the war of 1870 that France has been lessened , and threatens now to drift ...
... France , and there is probably scarcely a French family without its record written by the absent , of how nobly and truly disaster was appreciated . It is since the war of 1870 that France has been lessened , and threatens now to drift ...
Page 552
... France , lying idle under fallow every year by the system . " Sir James Caird declares the produce of France to be half that of England , while M. Lafargue describes the impossi- bility of properly cultivating the tiny scraps of land ...
... France , lying idle under fallow every year by the system . " Sir James Caird declares the produce of France to be half that of England , while M. Lafargue describes the impossi- bility of properly cultivating the tiny scraps of land ...
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