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Examples

• A bas la France, la Fiction et les Faquins! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• However, Lord Graham is rather reserved; _mais ne méprisez pas les personnes froides; elles ont leurs bons c?tés. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Je ne saurais vous dire 'how;' mais, enfin, les Anglais ont des idées à eux, en amitié, en amour, en tout. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Has your Society among its books the French work _Sur les Arts et les Metiers_? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• A bas les grandes passions et les sévères vertus! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Les penseurs, les hommes profonds et passionnés ne sont pas à mon go?t. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Sans doute vous savourez d'avance les délices de l'autorité. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Au diable les amis! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• At last, I struck a sharp stroke on my desk, opened my lips, and let loose this cry:-- Vive l'Angleterre, l'Histoire et les Héros! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Ni les élèves ni les parents ne regardent plus loin; ni, par conséquent, moi non plus. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• And now we were in the country, amongst what they called les bois et les petits sentiers. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Simply, _les droits du mari_, for the first night. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• In the province of Holland, {Memoires concernant les Droits, etc. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Pour les pauvres, she opened her purse freely--against _the poor man_, as a rule, she kept it closed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Les confitures! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• They mostly began to reign as old men, and their reigns were short, averaging less than two years each. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It would be difficult to find a human being less likely to arouse affection. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The weight of old Sabor was immense, and when she braced her huge paws nothing less than Tantor, the elephant, himself, could have budged her. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• In less than half an hour I knew as much as the Sergeant himself. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Your favourable opinion then, my Precious, does less than justice to Mr Boffin, and more than justice to me. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The Eastern German front was more extended and less systematically entrenched than the Western. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But in reality travelling interested her even less than he had expected. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• They would manufacture more and plough less. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• You take an eager interest in that gentleman's concerns, said Darcy, in a less tranquil tone, and with a heightened colour. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I hope time has not made you less willing to pardon. Jane Austen. Emma.
• I am less unfit to teach in a school than in a family. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more. Jane Austen. Emma.
• If,' said Mr. Stiggins--'if there is any one of them less odious than another, it is the liquor called rum. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• If you ever say less than this, you will be guilty of deliberate falsehood to me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• His services, with rare exceptions, grow less valuable as he advances in age and nervous strain breaks him down. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.

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