Politesse Francaise, La, or the English Ladies' Petition to his Excellency the Mushroom Ambassador, i.
La Politesse Francoise, or the English Ladies' Petition to His Excellency the Mushroom Ambassador.
Not even the most classical poet could have displayed inborn politeness--la politessedu coeur--in a higher degree.
La politesse du coeur," a French expression which can scarcely be translated into English; just as "gentleman" has no precise equivalent in French.
It was in one of those assemblies he had the pleasure of seeing his friend Sir Stentor, dressed in the most fashionable manner, and behaving with all the overstrained politesse of a native Frenchman.
L'exactitude est la politesse des rois=--Punctuality is the politeness of kings.
La Politesse Francaise, or the English Ladies' Petition to his Excellency the Mushroom Ambassador.
For this purpose he mentioned his barber who he said, was an exceeding coxcomb lately come from Paris, whose absurd affectation and grimace, would easily pass upon her for the sprightly politesse of a gentleman improved by travel.
