The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 2Leavitt, Trow, & Company, 1865 - American literature |
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Page 49
... French . The ruling race even strove to efface the Saxon tongue ; but the language of the people prevailed . According to M. Taine , the Saxons were too stupid to learn a foreign language ; but , in truth , the conquerors , overcome by ...
... French . The ruling race even strove to efface the Saxon tongue ; but the language of the people prevailed . According to M. Taine , the Saxons were too stupid to learn a foreign language ; but , in truth , the conquerors , overcome by ...
Page 149
... French oratory be judged , like English phy and law by wit . How different was and French preaching , by their respect- the lot of the dull heavy unsocial Eng- ive fruits : the one has secured liberty ish ! They were naturally serious ...
... French oratory be judged , like English phy and law by wit . How different was and French preaching , by their respect- the lot of the dull heavy unsocial Eng- ive fruits : the one has secured liberty ish ! They were naturally serious ...
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... French na- tional character . Is not this one of the leading traits of modern French author- ship ? Place in the way of one of these " Who is one of the finest tributes wittyand imaginative feuilletonists the most ever paid to human ...
... French na- tional character . Is not this one of the leading traits of modern French author- ship ? Place in the way of one of these " Who is one of the finest tributes wittyand imaginative feuilletonists the most ever paid to human ...
Contents
Loves Appeal | 248 |
VisaVis or Harrys account of | 452 |
The Haunting Past | 508 |
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