French examination papers, a selection set to candidates for Sandhurst [&c.] adapted for the use of schools and students by C. Rühle. [With] Key, by P. Debussy, Volume 1 |
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... speak French . Don't you ? 4. Had he been more prudent , he would have been more fortunate . 5. Those only are really great , who are really good . 6. The more difficult a thing is , the more 2 Royal Military College , Sandhurst . 17.
... speak French . Don't you ? 4. Had he been more prudent , he would have been more fortunate . 5. Those only are really great , who are really good . 6. The more difficult a thing is , the more 2 Royal Military College , Sandhurst . 17.
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... speak too fast . I do ⚫ not understand you . Speak to me . I am listening to you . I have learnt my lesson , but my Royal Military College , Sandhurst . 19.
... speak too fast . I do ⚫ not understand you . Speak to me . I am listening to you . I have learnt my lesson , but my Royal Military College , Sandhurst . 19.
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... speak , that he was unable to utter a word . The story tells us that the Fathers were more moved at this instance of modesty and ingenuousness , than they could have been by the most pathetic oration ; and , in short , pardoned the ...
... speak , that he was unable to utter a word . The story tells us that the Fathers were more moved at this instance of modesty and ingenuousness , than they could have been by the most pathetic oration ; and , in short , pardoned the ...
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... speak without calling him , your " handsome uncle , " for the excellent creature was as vain as a peacock . - Geor . And so ugly , - --- - Sir J. The dear deceased ! Alas , he was , indeed . And if , after all these marks of attachment ...
... speak without calling him , your " handsome uncle , " for the excellent creature was as vain as a peacock . - Geor . And so ugly , - --- - Sir J. The dear deceased ! Alas , he was , indeed . And if , after all these marks of attachment ...
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... speaking . His name was Samuel Mickle . I know him not , but he stopped one day at my door , and asked me , if I was the young man who had lately opened a new printing house ? Upon my answering in the affirmative , he said that he was ...
... speaking . His name was Samuel Mickle . I know him not , but he stopped one day at my door , and asked me , if I was the young man who had lately opened a new printing house ? Upon my answering in the affirmative , he said that he was ...
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adjectives agreement answer answered apple army battle brother Conjugate the present country December difference Duke of Wellington Ecrivez l'infinitif England Examination Papers Explain father feminine first person singular follow following passage following sentence found François Ier French the following friend general Give examples Give the first given going good great high homme honourable house hundred July king know l'imparfait du subjonctif l'indicatif last left letter life London make meaning Molière Montesquieu name never nouns obliged to translate order Parse these words passé défini past participle people père phrase plural pluriel present indicative prétérit pronoun reason Royal Military Academy Royal Military College Sandhurst Senior Candidates soon speak speech Staff College subjunctive subjunctive mood substantif take tense think third three time Traduisez en anglais Translate into English Translate into French Turenne used vanquished verb verbes suivants Voghera Voltaire Woolwich Write written years young
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Page 206 - When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept. Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says, he was ambitious ; And Brutus is an honourable man. You all did see, that, on the Lupercal, I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse.
Page 188 - J'ai souvenance Qu'en un pré de moines passant, La faim, l'occasion, l'herbe tendre, et, je pense, Quelque diable aussi me poussant, Je tondis de ce pré la largeur de ma langue ; Je n'en avais nul droit, puisqu'il faut parler net.
Page 221 - E'er wore his crown as loftily as he Wears the green coronal of leaves with which Thy hand has graced him. Nestled at his root Is beauty, such as blooms not in the glare Of the broad sun. That delicate forest flower, With scented breath, and look so like a smile, Seems, as it issues from the shapeless mould, An emanation of the indwelling Life, A visible token of the upholding Love, That are the soul of this wide universe.
Page 187 - Ainsi dit le Renard, et flatteurs d'applaudir. On n'osa trop approfondir Du Tigre, ni de l'Ours, ni des autres puissances, Les moins pardonnables offenses. Tous les gens querelleurs, jusqu'aux simples Mâtins, Au dire de chacun, étaient de petits saints.
Page 220 - No fantastic carvings show The boast of our vain race to change the form Of thy fair works. But thou art here — thou fill'st The solitude.
Page 70 - Quelques imitateurs, sot bétail, je l'avoue, Suivent en vrais moutons le pasteur de Mantoue. J'en use d'autre sorte; et, me laissant guider, Souvent à marcher seul j'ose me hasarder. On me verra toujours pratiquer cet usage. Mon imitation n'est point un esclavage : Je ne prends que l'idée, et les tours, et les lois Que nos maîtres suivaient eux-mêmes autrefois.
Page 60 - C'est en vain qu'au Parnasse un téméraire auteur Pense de l'art des vers atteindre la hauteur : S'il ne sent point du ciel l'influence secrète, Si son astre en naissant ne l'a formé poète, Dans son génie étroit il est toujours captif; Pour lui Phébus est sourd , et Pégase est rétif.
Page 220 - Father, thy hand Hath reared these venerable columns, thou Didst weave this verdant roof. Thou didst look down Upon the naked earth, and, forthwith, rose All these fair ranks of trees.
Page 220 - Of half the mighty forest, tells no tale Of all the good it does. Thou hast not left Thyself without a witness, in these shades, Of thy perfections. Grandeur, strength, and grace, Are here to speak of thee. This mighty oak — By whose immovable stem I stand, and seem Almost annihilated...
Page 47 - Saint-Cloud de toutes parts ; on trouve tout consterné, excepté le cœur de cette princesse. Partout on entend des cris, partout on voit la douleur et le désespoir, et l'image de la mort. Le roi, la reine, Monsieur...