The Quarterly Review, Volume 171William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1890 |
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Page 472
... Aveyron , with Studies of Peasant Life and Customs in Aveyron and the Lot . By G. Christopher Davies and Mrs. Broughall . Edinburgh , 1890 . T is a noticeable fact that , in these days of easy and swift Islands are less well known to ...
... Aveyron , with Studies of Peasant Life and Customs in Aveyron and the Lot . By G. Christopher Davies and Mrs. Broughall . Edinburgh , 1890 . T is a noticeable fact that , in these days of easy and swift Islands are less well known to ...
Page 489
... Aveyron . The authors of the volume which describe their pleasant home in that corner of France are , it appears , the wife of an English engineer con- nected with the mines of Décazeville , and her brother , who is responsible for most ...
... Aveyron . The authors of the volume which describe their pleasant home in that corner of France are , it appears , the wife of an English engineer con- nected with the mines of Décazeville , and her brother , who is responsible for most ...
Page 493
... Aveyron . and the sluggish Fleming of the Nord , neither of whom could comprehend the speech of the other , yet the author is able to give a detailed picture of the life of a collier of Southern France though transporting him to the ...
... Aveyron . and the sluggish Fleming of the Nord , neither of whom could comprehend the speech of the other , yet the author is able to give a detailed picture of the life of a collier of Southern France though transporting him to the ...
Page 496
... Aveyron , there is an entertaining account of a dinner given in honour of English guests by a rich peasant , at which the Mayors of Bouillac and of Cuzac assisted , neither of whom could speak a word of French , the dialect of Languedoc ...
... Aveyron , there is an entertaining account of a dinner given in honour of English guests by a rich peasant , at which the Mayors of Bouillac and of Cuzac assisted , neither of whom could speak a word of French , the dialect of Languedoc ...
Page 497
... Aveyron observe with amazement , not unaccompanied by admiration , that a collier dines in the evening after his day's work as if he were a banker or professional man , and concludes his meal with a cup of coffee and a cigarette as if ...
... Aveyron observe with amazement , not unaccompanied by admiration , that a collier dines in the evening after his day's work as if he were a banker or professional man , and concludes his meal with a cup of coffee and a cigarette as if ...
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