Contes. Ed., with notes and a short biogr. by A. Jessopp, Issue 20

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Page 241 - This Bouillabaisse a noble dish is, A sort of soup or broth, or brew, Or hotchpotch of all sorts of fishes That Greenwich never could outdo; Green herbs, red peppers, mussels, saffron, Soles, onions, garlic, roach and dace: All these you eat at Terre's tavern In that one dish of Bouillabaisse.
Page 249 - GRADUEES DE TRADUCTION ET DE LECTURE ; or, Graduated Lessons in Translation and Reading, with Biographical Sketches, Annotations on History, Geography, Synonyms and Style, and a Dictionary of Words and Idioms. By Henri Van Laun. 4th Edition. 12mo, pp. viii. and 400, cloth.
Page 247 - THE MODERN LINGUIST; or, Conversations in English, French, and German ; preceded by Rules for the Pronunciation of German, a copious Vocabulary, and a Selection of Familiar Phrases ; and followed by Models of Receipts, Bills of Exchange, Letters, Notes, Tables of the English, French, and German Coins, and of the English and French Weights and Measures. By ALBERT BARTELS. In square 16mo, neatly bound in cloth.
Page 248 - Prosateurs français. Recueil de morceaux choisis dans les meilleurs prosateurs depuis l'origine de la littérature française jusqu'à nos jours, avec une notice biographique sur chaque auteur. 15" édition, augmentée de notes grammaticales , littéraires , etc.
Page 211 - Thespis fut le premier qui, barbouillé de lie, Promena par les bourgs cette heureuse folie; Et, d'acteurs mal ornés chargeant un tombereau, Amusa les passants d'un spectacle nouveau.

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