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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.
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humor
englishmen
languages
french
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P.G. Wodehouse |
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"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."
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englishwomen
match
englishmen
lucifer
devil
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Charles Dickens |
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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.
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national-character
unrewarding
instructive
entertaining
englishmen
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Ian Fleming |
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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.
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englishmen
tears
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Charles Darwin |
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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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englishmen
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Alexandre Dumas |
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In these latter days, knighthood was an honor few Englishmen escaped.
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englishmen
knighthood
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Arthur C. Clarke |
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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.
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tietjens
englishmen
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Ford Madox Ford |
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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.
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inspiration
elusiveness
vagueness
understatement
vague
englishmen
englishness
english
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John le Carré |
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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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englishmen
english
england
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