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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... vous fixé d'avance Il a des jours d'abattement ex- trême He has days when his spirits are much depressed Cet ouvrier a beaucoup d'habileté This workman has much skill Il m'a abusé He has deceived me Ce n'était qu'un accident It was only ...
... vous fixé d'avance Il a des jours d'abattement ex- trême He has days when his spirits are much depressed Cet ouvrier a beaucoup d'habileté This workman has much skill Il m'a abusé He has deceived me Ce n'était qu'un accident It was only ...
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... vous 23. We put a different construc- tion on this letter Nous avons interprêté cette lettre d'une manière dif- férente 24. You contemplate doing such a thing Vous vous proposez de faire une telle chose 25. The editor does not pay for ...
... vous 23. We put a different construc- tion on this letter Nous avons interprêté cette lettre d'une manière dif- férente 24. You contemplate doing such a thing Vous vous proposez de faire une telle chose 25. The editor does not pay for ...
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... Vous avez l'air très - distingué 43. He cannot give vent to his grief Il ne peut exprimer son chagrin 44. This old man is my guardian Ce vieillard est mon tuteur 45. Humour is not rare in Eng- land La bizarrerie n'est pas rare en ...
... Vous avez l'air très - distingué 43. He cannot give vent to his grief Il ne peut exprimer son chagrin 44. This old man is my guardian Ce vieillard est mon tuteur 45. Humour is not rare in Eng- land La bizarrerie n'est pas rare en ...
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... vous lu ce roman 63. My father has an office in the city Mon père a un bureau dans la cité 64. I suffer great pain every- where J'ai de grandes douleurs partout 65. That actor has a part in the comedy Cet acteur a un rôle dans la ...
... vous lu ce roman 63. My father has an office in the city Mon père a un bureau dans la cité 64. I suffer great pain every- where J'ai de grandes douleurs partout 65. That actor has a part in the comedy Cet acteur a un rôle dans la ...
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... vous et soyez recon- naissant 80. The soup is too rich Le potage est trop gras Cet homme étudie la physique That man studies natural philo- sophy Un plaisant ne plaît pas tou jours A funny fellow does not always please Une de mes ...
... vous et soyez recon- naissant 80. The soup is too rich Le potage est trop gras Cet homme étudie la physique That man studies natural philo- sophy Un plaisant ne plaît pas tou jours A funny fellow does not always please Une de mes ...
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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.