English into French, a selection from the best English prose writers to be turned into French, by H. van Laun. [With] Partie française (key).Henri van Laun 1876 |
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... played , " an inuendo which is not found in the original text . Though I admit that in French after was wanting some word must come to finish the sentence , why did our translator not use à ce spectacle , instead of speaking of the ...
... played , " an inuendo which is not found in the original text . Though I admit that in French after was wanting some word must come to finish the sentence , why did our translator not use à ce spectacle , instead of speaking of the ...
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... play on the flute Jouer de la flûte 5. To make war on a nation Faire la guerre à une nation 6. On the right , on the left A droite , à gauche 7. Before he set out on that fatal expedition Avant son départ pour cette fatale expédition 8 ...
... play on the flute Jouer de la flûte 5. To make war on a nation Faire la guerre à une nation 6. On the right , on the left A droite , à gauche 7. Before he set out on that fatal expedition Avant son départ pour cette fatale expédition 8 ...
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... play ? 14 ' See § 54 , 1. - 2 Dismounting , Mettant pied à terre . - 3 Got loose , S'échappa . Seeing the affair , Voyant ce qui se passait . - 5 Ran across , Courut à travers champs . — 6 Made a turn , Faisait un coude . - His ruddy ...
... play ? 14 ' See § 54 , 1. - 2 Dismounting , Mettant pied à terre . - 3 Got loose , S'échappa . Seeing the affair , Voyant ce qui se passait . - 5 Ran across , Courut à travers champs . — 6 Made a turn , Faisait un coude . - His ruddy ...
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... play . Mr. L. Who set you to work ? B. My daddy , sir . Mr. L. Where does he live ? 2 B. Just by , among the trees there . Mr. L. What is his name ? B. Thomas Hurdle . Mr. L. And what is yours ? B. Peter , sir . Mr. L. How old are you ...
... play . Mr. L. Who set you to work ? B. My daddy , sir . Mr. L. Where does he live ? 2 B. Just by , among the trees there . Mr. L. What is his name ? B. Thomas Hurdle . Mr. L. And what is yours ? B. Peter , sir . Mr. L. How old are you ...
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... played the truant ; 12 scud to school or you'll rue it . " Alas ! thought I , it was hard enough to turn a grindstone this cold day , but now to be called a little rascal was too much.15 It sank deep in my mind , 16 and often have I ...
... played the truant ; 12 scud to school or you'll rue it . " Alas ! thought I , it was hard enough to turn a grindstone this cold day , but now to be called a little rascal was too much.15 It sank deep in my mind , 16 and often have I ...
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acclamations adjective adverb Amrus après lui arbres arrivé avons battirent bien C'est c'était Catharine d'une dinde deux domino-box employ été Être examples are given faire faisait fait father femme flower-pot French language frère garçon Garter King-at-arms give grand grindstone habit hall Haute Cour HENRI VAN LAUN heure homme horse J'ai joie jour jusqu'à king language little rascal livres loin looked Lotus Eaters LUDGATE HILL maison meaning mind n'est never noble noun oncle Pendant père Philoponus phrase prepositions PRESQUE Primmins prince pronoun pupil qu'il READER rich ridicule rien robed in gold salle qui avait SECOND FRENCH BOOK sentence soldats soldiers soleil sommes sous spectacle student sultan tenait THIRD FRENCH BOOK thought tion tired tout translated travail travers verb victorious party inflamed vizier walked Westminster Hall whipmaker word young
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Page 27 - ... The place was worthy of such a trial. It was the great hall of William Rufus, the hall which had resounded with acclamations at the inauguration of thirty kings, the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution of Somers, the hall where the eloquence of...
Page 32 - And some thro' wavering lights and shadows broke, Rolling a slumbrous sheet of foam below. They saw the gleaming river seaward flow From the inner land : far off, three mountain-tops...
Page 98 - The Genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me ; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating; but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.
Page 101 - There Siddons, in the prime of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion on a scene surpassing all the imitations of the stage. There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres, and when, before a senate which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa.
Page 83 - Cadijah; in the cave of Hera, three miles from Mecca," he consulted the spirit of fraud or enthusiasm, whose abode is not in the heavens, but in the mind of the prophet. The faith which, under the name of Islam, he preached to his family and nation is compounded of an eternal truth, and a necessary fiction, That there is only one God, and that Mahomet is the Apostle of God.
Page 33 - With half-dropt eyelids still, Beneath a heaven dark and holy, To watch the long bright river drawing slowly His waters from the purple hill...
Page 96 - The clouds still rested on one half of it, insomuch that I could discover nothing in it: but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innumerable islands, that were covered with fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among them.
Page 100 - Heathfield, recently ennobled for his memorable defence of Gibraltar against the fleets and armies of France and Spain. The long procession was closed by the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of the realm, by the great dignitaries, and by the brothers and sons of the King. Last of all came the Prince of Wales, conspicuous by his fine person and noble bearing.
Page 85 - But still," said the young one, "I would gladly know the reason of this mutual slaughter. I could never kill what I could not eat.
Page 101 - There were gathered together, from all parts of a great, free, enlightened, and prosperous empire, grace and female loveliness, wit and learning, the representatives of every science and of every art. There were seated round the queen the fair-haired young daughters of the house of Brunswick. There the ambassadors of great kings and commonwealths gazed with admiration on a spectacle which no other country in the world could present.