Materials for French prose composition, or selections from the best English writers, with idiomatic renderings, by F. E. A. GascFerdinand E A. Gasc 1869 |
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... literally , is not either French at all or good French , but you may also be able to turn it into that language yourself and not be very far from the mark . Dictionaries do not always give a whole phrase ; they are obliged by their ...
... literally , is not either French at all or good French , but you may also be able to turn it into that language yourself and not be very far from the mark . Dictionaries do not always give a whole phrase ; they are obliged by their ...
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... literally ( as done at page 26 , note 16 of this work ) ? The French expression mériter beaucoup means pre- cisely étre digne de récompense par ses talents , par ses services , and corresponds , in fact , exactly to the English in the ...
... literally ( as done at page 26 , note 16 of this work ) ? The French expression mériter beaucoup means pre- cisely étre digne de récompense par ses talents , par ses services , and corresponds , in fact , exactly to the English in the ...
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... literally , ... la rancune et la ven- 6 Le soldat . 7 il disait souvent qu'il ( see p . 1 , n . 8 ) mourrait volontiers pour se venger . 8 commettant des outrages . 9 The preposition , in French , always stands between l'un ' and l ...
... literally , ... la rancune et la ven- 6 Le soldat . 7 il disait souvent qu'il ( see p . 1 , n . 8 ) mourrait volontiers pour se venger . 8 commettant des outrages . 9 The preposition , in French , always stands between l'un ' and l ...
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... literally , tout sanglant . ' took off the head to him . ' Notice this use of a personal pronoun and of the definite article , where the English use a possessive pronoun . 2 tomba , entraînant son ennemi dans sa chute ; to avoid an ...
... literally , tout sanglant . ' took off the head to him . ' Notice this use of a personal pronoun and of the definite article , where the English use a possessive pronoun . 2 tomba , entraînant son ennemi dans sa chute ; to avoid an ...
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... literally , l'apercevoir et les Indiens , which would be incorrect ) . The disjunc- tive pronoun lui , in the latter ren- dering , serves to re - establish the connexion broken by the interven- ing verb apercevoir , as the con- junctive ...
... literally , l'apercevoir et les Indiens , which would be incorrect ) . The disjunc- tive pronoun lui , in the latter ren- dering , serves to re - establish the connexion broken by the interven- ing verb apercevoir , as the con- junctive ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Acres adjective assez autre avaient avait avoir bien bonne c'est c'était Cæsar cavalry cher chose cœur construction coup d'une dative dear deux dire donner Edition elle ellipsis English été être expression faire fait Fcap fire followed FONTAINE French French language full stop gens grand homme honour j'ai jamais jours jusqu'à Lady language Latin leave literally masc means ment mettre mieux mind monde n'en n'est never note ¹ note 12 noun parler Pecksniff person petits peut phrase plural poor Richard says prendre preposition preterite pronoun PROVERB Puff Put a full qu'elle qu'il qu'on rendered rien rule sense sentence seul ship simply singular Sir John Sir Lucius Sneer speak subjunctive temps tête thing thou tion tive Tom Jones tout Translate Turn uncle Toby verb Voilà voir vrai word
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 248 - Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help...
Seite 228 - Master will do more Work than both his Hands; and again, Want of Care does us more Damage than want of Knowledge; and again, Not to oversee Workmen is to leave them your Purse open. Trusting too much to others...
Seite 248 - I might boast myself le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre; that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending. But I found my attendance so little encouraged, that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to continue it.
Seite 227 - Methinks I hear some of you say, " Must a man afford himself no leisure ? " I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says, Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure ; and Since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour...
Seite 225 - Industry all easy, as Poor Richard says; and He that riseth late must trot all Day, and shall scarce overtake his Business at Night; while Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him...
Seite 217 - ... that smoothed his pillow, and administered to his helplessness? Oh! there is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to a son that transcends all other affections of the heart. It is neither to be chilled by selfishness, nor daunted by danger, nor weakened by worthlessness, nor stifled by ingratitude. She will sacrifice every comfort to his convenience ; she will surrender every pleasure to his enjoyment, she will glory in his fame, and exult in his prosperity; — and, if...
Seite 228 - But with our Industry, we must likewise be steady, settled, and careful, and oversee our own Affairs with our own Eyes, and not trust too much to others; for, as Poor Richard says I never saw an oft-removed Tree, Nor yet an oft-removed Family, That throve so well as those that settled be.
Seite 247 - I have been lately informed by the proprietor of ' The World,' that two papers, in which my ' Dictionary ' is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. " When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address, and could not...
Seite 275 - I say we must necessarily undo these violent, oppressive acts. They must be repealed. You will repeal them. I pledge myself for it that you will in the end repeal them. I stake my reputation on it. I will consent to be taken for an idiot if they are not finally repealed.
Seite 91 - As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him; but, as he was ambitious, I slew him.