Pictures of the French: a series of literary and graphic delineations of French character (1840)
Janin, Jules Gabriel, 1804-1874 · London, W. S. Orr and co. · leaf 114
THE RAP IN.* BY J. CHAUDES-AIGUES. … SHOULD I be so unfortunate as to be a member of the FrenchAcademy, I would certainly never take upon myself to sketchthe portrait I have in view, for the very title of my subjectwould stop me short. The word Rapin, in fact, is notto be found in the dictionary compiled by the immortalForty. Why, is…
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