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... fait américain , as a Frenchman would say . In New York , not only drinks but some kinds of food are iced in winter . An ice box is kept in every family ; and ice water is always ready at hand . When you go to a restaurant , the waiter ...
... fait américain , as a Frenchman would say . In New York , not only drinks but some kinds of food are iced in winter . An ice box is kept in every family ; and ice water is always ready at hand . When you go to a restaurant , the waiter ...
Page 112
... fait French - amiable and grace- ful . My lessons consisted in reading Anatole France's " Jocaste , " and practising ... American author has declared that none of the living writers not only of France but of England and America can rank ...
... fait French - amiable and grace- ful . My lessons consisted in reading Anatole France's " Jocaste , " and practising ... American author has declared that none of the living writers not only of France but of England and America can rank ...
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... fait américain " ( It is entirely American ) . As every catchword is expressive of so many things , it is used for a lot of different meanings ; but it serves to signify something which is extraodinary , out of the common run . For ...
... fait américain " ( It is entirely American ) . As every catchword is expressive of so many things , it is used for a lot of different meanings ; but it serves to signify something which is extraodinary , out of the common run . For ...
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... fait américain . " America in Paris , however , is best represented by her girls . They form a feature of Parisian life insomuch as " la fille américaine " ( the American girl ) has acquired a special significance . They are in great ...
... fait américain . " America in Paris , however , is best represented by her girls . They form a feature of Parisian life insomuch as " la fille américaine " ( the American girl ) has acquired a special significance . They are in great ...
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Page 141 - Snoozing" is a part of the artistic education; and the rudiments must be learned stupidly, all else being forgotten, as if they were an object in themselves. Lastly, there is something, or there seems to be something, in the very air of France that communicates the love of style. Precision, clarity, the cleanly and crafty employment of material, a grace in the handling, apart from any value in...
Page 70 - ... of gentility bids its furtive door be opened. The American "parlor" resembles the "parlour" of the eighteenth century as little as the "parlour" of the Victorian age. It is busy, public, and multifarious. It means so many things that at last it carries no other meaning than that of a false elegance. It is in a dentist's parlor that the American's teeth are gilded ; he is shaved in a tonsorial parlor; he travels in a parlor-car; and Miss Maudie's parlor proves how far an ancient and respected...