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85955d1	Into the face of the young man who sat on the terrace of the Hotel Magnifique at Cannes there had crept a look of furtive shame, the shifty hangdog look which announces that an Englishman is about to speak French.	englishmen french humor languages	P.G. Wodehouse
2893695	"You might, from your appearance, be the wife of Lucifer," said Miss Pross, in her breathing. "Nevertheless, you shall not get the better of me. I am an Englishwoman."	devil englishmen englishwomen lucifer match	Charles Dickens
8b46a7b	Englishmen are so odd. They are like a nest of Chinese boxes. It takes a very long time to get to the centre of them. When one gets there the result is unrewarding, but the process is instructive and entertaining.	englishmen entertaining instructive national-character unrewarding	Ian Fleming
1d98c42	Englishmen rarely cry, except under the pressure of the acutest grief; whereas in some parts of the Continent the men shed tears much more readily and freely.	englishmen tears	Charles Darwin
5765b46	that Englishman who came to challenge me three or four months ago, and whom I killed to stop him bothering me	englishmen	Alexandre Dumas
f839ce1	In these latter days, knighthood was an honor few Englishmen escaped.	englishmen knighthood	Arthur C. Clarke
bc2faf8	Old Campion had once said he believed - he positively believed, with shudders - that Christopher desired to live in the spirit of Christ. That had seemed horrible to the general, but Mark did not see that it was horrible, ... He doubted, however, whether Christ would have refused to manage Groby had it been his job. Christ was sort of an Englishman and Englishmen did not as rule refuse their jobs... They had not used to; now no doubt they did.	englishmen tietjens	Ford Madox Ford
51f0a46	Haydon was more than his model, he was his inspiration, the torch-bearer of a certain kind of English calling which - for the very reason that it was vague and understated and elusive - had made sense of Guillam's life till now.	elusiveness english englishmen englishness inspiration understatement vague vagueness	John le Carré
f6306ea	There comes a moment for all of us when our childhood ceases to be an excuse. In your case, I would say that, as with many English, the moment is somewhat delayed.	england english englishmen	John le Carré

85955d1

Into the face of the young man who sat on the terrace of the Hotel Magnifique at Cannes there had crept a look of furtive shame, the shifty hangdog look which announces that an Englishman is about to speak French.

englishmen french humor languages

P.G. Wodehouse

2893695

"You might, from your appearance, be the wife of Lucifer," said Miss Pross, in her breathing. "Nevertheless, you shall not get the better of me. I am an Englishwoman."

devil englishmen englishwomen lucifer match

Charles Dickens

8b46a7b

Englishmen are so odd. They are like a nest of Chinese boxes. It takes a very long time to get to the centre of them. When one gets there the result is unrewarding, but the process is instructive and entertaining.

englishmen entertaining instructive national-character unrewarding

Ian Fleming

1d98c42

Englishmen rarely cry, except under the pressure of the acutest grief; whereas in some parts of the Continent the men shed tears much more readily and freely.

englishmen tears

Charles Darwin

5765b46

that Englishman who came to challenge me three or four months ago, and whom I killed to stop him bothering me

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Alexandre Dumas

f839ce1

In these latter days, knighthood was an honor few Englishmen escaped.

englishmen knighthood

Arthur C. Clarke

bc2faf8

Old Campion had once said he believed - he positively believed, with shudders - that Christopher desired to live in the spirit of Christ. That had seemed horrible to the general, but Mark did not see that it was horrible, ... He doubted, however, whether Christ would have refused to manage Groby had it been his job. Christ was sort of an Englishman and Englishmen did not as rule refuse their jobs... They had not used to; now no doubt they did.

englishmen tietjens

Ford Madox Ford

51f0a46

Haydon was more than his model, he was his inspiration, the torch-bearer of a certain kind of English calling which - for the very reason that it was vague and understated and elusive - had made sense of Guillam's life till now.

elusiveness english englishmen englishness inspiration understatement vague vagueness

John le Carré

f6306ea

There comes a moment for all of us when our childhood ceases to be an excuse. In your case, I would say that, as with many English, the moment is somewhat delayed.

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John le Carré