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... English ones . Since the English are by nature more realistic and grave than the French , less cheerful about the present and more inclined to suicide , it is inevitable that death will be treated very differently in the drama of the ...
... English ones . Since the English are by nature more realistic and grave than the French , less cheerful about the present and more inclined to suicide , it is inevitable that death will be treated very differently in the drama of the ...
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... English readers , in his unpretentious pages , important as- pects of contemporary French thought . Robert Hopkins has rightly empha- sized Goldsmith's role as cultural middleman , disseminating " the refined elegance of the French ...
... English readers , in his unpretentious pages , important as- pects of contemporary French thought . Robert Hopkins has rightly empha- sized Goldsmith's role as cultural middleman , disseminating " the refined elegance of the French ...
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... English are fatuously surprised to discover that Altangi , a man born 5000 miles away , is yet endued with common sense ( 2 : 142 ) . The indolent rich lady to whom he is introduced , exclaims with delightful illogicality , “ Bless me ...
... English are fatuously surprised to discover that Altangi , a man born 5000 miles away , is yet endued with common sense ( 2 : 142 ) . The indolent rich lady to whom he is introduced , exclaims with delightful illogicality , “ Bless me ...
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