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... Messrs . L. Hachette & Co. , Paris and London , the Publishers of M. Taine's Works , and cannot be introduced or sold on the Continent , nor in the French Colonies . ] о H. A. TAINE EDITED WITH ENGLISH NOTES AND INTRODUCTORY.
... Messrs . L. Hachette & Co. , Paris and London , the Publishers of M. Taine's Works , and cannot be introduced or sold on the Continent , nor in the French Colonies . ] о H. A. TAINE EDITED WITH ENGLISH NOTES AND INTRODUCTORY.
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... ( Note by the Author ) . la Somme ] A river of France , rising in the department of the Aisne , and falling into the English Channel between Crotoy and St. Valéry in Normandy . There are two Śaint Valérys : Saint Valéry- en - Caux , and ...
... ( Note by the Author ) . la Somme ] A river of France , rising in the department of the Aisne , and falling into the English Channel between Crotoy and St. Valéry in Normandy . There are two Śaint Valérys : Saint Valéry- en - Caux , and ...
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... ( Note by the Author ) . 9 se trouver ] To be ; this verb has also a great many other mean- ings . Idiomatic expressions : se trouver avec , to meet ; se trouver bien , to derive benefit ; cela se trouve bien , that is lucky ; il se ...
... ( Note by the Author ) . 9 se trouver ] To be ; this verb has also a great many other mean- ings . Idiomatic expressions : se trouver avec , to meet ; se trouver bien , to derive benefit ; cela se trouve bien , that is lucky ; il se ...
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... ( Note by the Author ) . 20 en eux ] Within them . The preposition en is taken in a less determined sense than dans : en is generally used before personal pro- nouns , dates , or nouns used inde- terminately ; dans with nouns pre- ceded ...
... ( Note by the Author ) . 20 en eux ] Within them . The preposition en is taken in a less determined sense than dans : en is generally used before personal pro- nouns , dates , or nouns used inde- terminately ; dans with nouns pre- ceded ...
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... note 24. ) Richard , after having waged war in the Holy Land , was im- prisoned by Leopold , Duke of Austria , but ransomed by his sub- jects . He died in 1199 , whilst besieging the castle of Chaluz , in the south of France , from the ...
... note 24. ) Richard , after having waged war in the Holy Land , was im- prisoned by Leopold , Duke of Austria , but ransomed by his sub- jects . He died in 1199 , whilst besieging the castle of Chaluz , in the south of France , from the ...
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