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...effet, partout dans ce recueil on voit l'effort des etudiants s'allier au passe: invocation de dates revolutionaires citations de St. Just, Babeuf, Bakounine, appel a un role historique ("Deculottez vos phrases pour etre a la hauteur des sans culottes.") Vue apres l'echec humiliante des elections, cette solidarite avec l'histoire est ironique et inquietante...

Author: By Nina Bernstein, | Title: French Graffiti | 11/16/1968 | See Source »

...expunge useless letters. The Englishman replies that in these cases we destroy all trace of the origin of the word. But "favor," "labor" and "honor" are pure Latin, and the insertion of the letter "u" is a bit of spurious orthography, while "check" certainly comes near the French source (echec) than when spelt "cheque...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. | 5/30/1884 | See Source »

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