Excerpt from The English at Home, Vol. 1 of 2 This is a question, however, which entirely depends on our readers. I can but hope that they will agree with M. Esquiros, while I crave permission to add one word as to my own share in the task. I could have rendered certain pas sages more soothing to the national pride, but I held by Sir Joseph P axton's memorable remark, that it is sometimes a good thing to have the conceit taken out of us. With the exception, therefore, of omitting certain statements, pos sessin g no special ...
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Excerpt from The English at Home, Vol. 1 of 2 This is a question, however, which entirely depends on our readers. I can but hope that they will agree with M. Esquiros, while I crave permission to add one word as to my own share in the task. I could have rendered certain pas sages more soothing to the national pride, but I held by Sir Joseph P axton's memorable remark, that it is sometimes a good thing to have the conceit taken out of us. With the exception, therefore, of omitting certain statements, pos sessin g no special novelty, I have allowed our French friend to speak for himself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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