Four Years in France. Beste Henry Digby

Чтение книги онлайн.

Читать онлайн книгу Four Years in France - Beste Henry Digby страница 15

Four Years in France - Beste Henry Digby

Скачать книгу

a proverb, cited by way of reprisal for a saying reported by a Norman; in contempt of the people of Champagne; "quatre-vingt dix-neuf moutons et un Champenois font cent bonnes bêtes."9 It is curious to find jokes, like our own on Yorkshire honesty and Gloucestershire ingenuity, repeated in a foreign land.

      Конец ознакомительного фрагмента.

      Текст предоставлен ООО «ЛитРес».

      Прочитайте эту книгу целиком, купив полную легальную версию на ЛитРес.

      Безопасно оплатить книгу можно банковской картой Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, со счета мобильного телефона, с платежного терминала, в салоне МТС или Связной, через PayPal, WebMoney, Яндекс.Деньги, QIWI Кошелек, бонусными картами или другим удобным Вам способом.

      1

      Is it necessary to bend the knee before his Lordship?

      2

      What is your pleasure, Sir?

      3

      "There are so many of your countrymen there." – "There are still more of them in England."

      4

      "Why do they run away from me? I do not do the same thing twice over."

      5

      "The English do whatever they have a mind to: a journey of three hundred leag

1

Is it necessary to bend the knee before his Lordship?

2

What is your pleasure, Sir?

3

"There are so many of your countrymen there." – "There are still more of them in England."

4

"Why do they run away from me? I do not do the same thing twice over."

5

"The English do whatever they have a mind to: a journey of three hundred leagues for a visit of a fortnight!"

6

As for us, nothing is required of us but that we should work.

7

Overwhelmed by duties.

8

There are honest people every where, even in Normandy.

9

Ninety-nine sheep and one native of Champagne make a hundred good beasts.

Скачать книгу


<p>9</p>

Ninety-nine sheep and one native of Champagne make a hundred good beasts.