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Page 61
... monde . ( Fr . ) - The fashionable world . The upper ranks of society . 492. Beaux esprits . ( Fr . ) - Wits . Men of quick parts , and ready at repartee . 493. Beinahe bringt keine Mücke um . ( G. ) Prov . - Almost never killed a fly ...
... monde . ( Fr . ) - The fashionable world . The upper ranks of society . 492. Beaux esprits . ( Fr . ) - Wits . Men of quick parts , and ready at repartee . 493. Beinahe bringt keine Mücke um . ( G. ) Prov . - Almost never killed a fly ...
Page 83
... monde ; la force en attendant le droit . ( Fr. ) Joubert - Force and right govern everything in this world ; force till right is ready . Mr M. Arnold , tr . 678. C'est là le diable . ( Fr . ) - There's the rub . That's the devil of it ...
... monde ; la force en attendant le droit . ( Fr. ) Joubert - Force and right govern everything in this world ; force till right is ready . Mr M. Arnold , tr . 678. C'est là le diable . ( Fr . ) - There's the rub . That's the devil of it ...
Page 86
... monde , et tout le monde n'a trompé personne . ( Fr. ) Bouhours ? -An individual may deceive and be deceived , but no one has ever yet suc- ceeded in deceiving the whole world , nor has the world ever combined to deceive any individual ...
... monde , et tout le monde n'a trompé personne . ( Fr. ) Bouhours ? -An individual may deceive and be deceived , but no one has ever yet suc- ceeded in deceiving the whole world , nor has the world ever combined to deceive any individual ...
Page 104
... monde . ( Fr. ) Lemierre , Utilité des découvertes . To think all discovered's an error profound ; ' Tis to take the horizon for earth's mighty bound . - Ed . 885. Crom - a - boo . ( Irish . ) - Crom for ever . Leinster . Motto of Duke ...
... monde . ( Fr. ) Lemierre , Utilité des découvertes . To think all discovered's an error profound ; ' Tis to take the horizon for earth's mighty bound . - Ed . 885. Crom - a - boo . ( Irish . ) - Crom for ever . Leinster . Motto of Duke ...
Page 112
... monde , le mariage , comme dans la comedie , finit tout . C'est précisément le contraire qui est vrai : il commence tout . ( Fr. ) Mme . Swetchine ? — In the world's opinion marriage is supposed to wind up everything , as it does on the ...
... monde , le mariage , comme dans la comedie , finit tout . C'est précisément le contraire qui est vrai : il commence tout . ( Fr. ) Mme . Swetchine ? — In the world's opinion marriage is supposed to wind up everything , as it does on the ...
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