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He furnished his house in the French style , where predominated ease and manners which characterize the French among nations . Every year , he made a journey to Paris ; and after some months of residence in that capital , he returned ...
He furnished his house in the French style , where predominated ease and manners which characterize the French among nations . Every year , he made a journey to Paris ; and after some months of residence in that capital , he returned ...
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25 Why they talk of Corneille , he is pretty sometimes , " And may well enough please with his diction and rhymes , " But hark , after all , I will tell you , by Jove , « " Tis the soft and the beautiful French that I love .
25 Why they talk of Corneille , he is pretty sometimes , " And may well enough please with his diction and rhymes , " But hark , after all , I will tell you , by Jove , « " Tis the soft and the beautiful French that I love .
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The passion for French , which many causes have concurred in exciting and keeping alive , seems to have excluded Italian from the catalogue of acquirements necessary for an accomplished scholar . The few , whom inclination or accident ...
The passion for French , which many causes have concurred in exciting and keeping alive , seems to have excluded Italian from the catalogue of acquirements necessary for an accomplished scholar . The few , whom inclination or accident ...
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in Rhyme | 68 |
Lines from London Morning | 76 |
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