The Graduated Course of Translation from English Into French: The Junior Course, with a Vocabulary of Idioms and DifficultiesLongmans, Green, and Company, 1899 |
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... Battle of Cawnpore 74. Death of Sir John Moore • PART II . 75. Extracts from Beeton's Book of Anecdotes 76. The Fair Sex 77. A Schoolboy's Trick 78. Rogers · • 79. Money 80. St. Swithin's Day 81. Learned Men and Political Events 82. The ...
... Battle of Cawnpore 74. Death of Sir John Moore • PART II . 75. Extracts from Beeton's Book of Anecdotes 76. The Fair Sex 77. A Schoolboy's Trick 78. Rogers · • 79. Money 80. St. Swithin's Day 81. Learned Men and Political Events 82. The ...
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... Battle of the Pyramids 113. The Pupils of the Polytechnic School . 114. Story of an Elephant 115. The Raven and the Fox 116. The Miser · 117. Napoleon a Lieutenant for Seven Years 118. The Cherry - stone 119. The Protestant Martyrs 120 ...
... Battle of the Pyramids 113. The Pupils of the Polytechnic School . 114. Story of an Elephant 115. The Raven and the Fox 116. The Miser · 117. Napoleon a Lieutenant for Seven Years 118. The Cherry - stone 119. The Protestant Martyrs 120 ...
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... Battle of Frederic the Great 133. Death of Marshal Poniatowski 134. * Liberty · · 135. The Monkey and the Two Cats 136. Pelisson and the Spider • 137. Essence of Rosemary and Essence of Thyme 138. The Best Donkey in Tunis 139. Too Many ...
... Battle of Frederic the Great 133. Death of Marshal Poniatowski 134. * Liberty · · 135. The Monkey and the Two Cats 136. Pelisson and the Spider • 137. Essence of Rosemary and Essence of Thyme 138. The Best Donkey in Tunis 139. Too Many ...
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... battle near the Cordilleras , were very fine men , above six feet high , and all under thirty years of age . In order to force them to reveal what they knew about their countrymen's position , they were placed in a line . The two first ...
... battle near the Cordilleras , were very fine men , above six feet high , and all under thirty years of age . In order to force them to reveal what they knew about their countrymen's position , they were placed in a line . The two first ...
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... battle was lost and the few soldiers who remained refused to charge again ; ' you dogs ! do you wish to live eternally ? ' * Prince Kaunitz , the Austrian minister , arrived at Innspruck , where the Grand Duke Leopold was to celebrate ...
... battle was lost and the few soldiers who remained refused to charge again ; ' you dogs ! do you wish to live eternally ? ' * Prince Kaunitz , the Austrian minister , arrived at Innspruck , where the Grand Duke Leopold was to celebrate ...
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