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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. humor englishmen languages french 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." englishwomen match englishmen lucifer devil 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. national-character unrewarding instructive entertaining englishmen 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. tietjens englishmen 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. inspiration elusiveness vagueness understatement vague englishmen englishness english 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. englishmen english england John le Carré