Lectures On Literature English French And Spanish Classic Reprint

Excerpt from Lectures on Literature, English, French and Spanish Of Notre Dame and the Peabody Institute of Baltimore before classes of advanced students, were, and this collection is, intended mainly for those who have leisure for cursory, rather than prolonged and critical study of. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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An introduction to the history of French literature, covering from 842 to 1990.

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Excerpt from Cortina Method: Intended for Use in Schools, Etc., And for Self-Study French in Twenty Lessons; With a System of Articulation, Based on English Equivalents, for Acquiring a Correct Pronunciation The publication of my two books: Ingles en Veinte Lecciones for the use of Spanish Speaking people, and Spanish in Twenty Lessons for English and American students, has been attended with a success so far exceed ing my anticipations that I have been induced to write two additional works, based on the principles of my method of teaching languages, and intended for the use of Spanish, South American or English people desirous of studying the French language. The public and the majority of teachers of foreign lan guages are already acquainted with the leading features of my plan; its aim is to enable the student to acquire thorough control of the language he is studying in the shortest possible time, and with the least possible strain upon his patience and mental faculties. I have tried to avoid the slow, monotonous and befogging processes which consist in impregnating the pupil's mind with a number of grammatical rules which are generally of no practical value in the end. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Esperanto in Twenty Lessons: With Vocabulary Esperanto is based upon the common elements of the English, French, Spanish, and Italian lan guages. It is so simple that when properly ex plained it can be mastered by any one of normal intelligence in a few weeks. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Cortina Method Intended for Self-Study and for Use in Schools: Spanish in Twenty Lessons With a System of Articulation Based on English Equivalents, for Acquiring a Correct Pronunciation The great advantage of this method is that it enables the learner to acquire a thorough knowledge of the Spanish language in the shortest possible time. It simplifies learn ing greatly, by studying it, as John Locke remarks, With out the drudgery of grammar, but introduced from time to time, and, as Erasmus advised, kept within proper limits. The student, if reasonably diligent, may count upon being able to speak, understand, and write in Spanish quite uently in the Short space of twenty lessons. It is a well-known fact that, by the old methods of study, only a few students obtain any degree of uency in speaking a language that is foreign to them. It is true that many of them can, after a number of years Spent in study, conjugate, decline, analyze, and perhaps translate a sentence into English, but they are seldom able to put an English sentence into an idiomatic foreign one. Such learning, although laboriously acquired, is of little, prao tical value, and the tourist or commercial traveler finds himself in an awkward dilemma when forced to ask for even the every-day necessaries of life in a foreign tongue. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Excerpt from Cortina's French Method (Twenty Lessons) Intended for Use in Schools, Etc., And for Self-Study: With a System of Articulation, Based on English Equivalents, for Acquiring a Correct Pronunciation The public and the majority of teachers of foreign lan guages are already acquainted with. The leading features of my plan; its aim is to enable the student to acquire thorough control of the language he is studying in the shortest possible time, and with the least possible strain upon his patience and mental faculties. I have tried to avoid the slow, monotonous and befogging processes which consist in impregnating the pupil's mind with a number of grammatical rules which are generally of no practical value in the end. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A New York Review Books Original During the eighteenth century, from the death of Louis XIV until the Revolution, French culture set the standard for all of Europe. In Sweden, Austria, Italy, Spain, England, Russia, and Germany, among kings and queens, diplomats, military leaders, writers, aristocrats, and artists, French was the universal language of politics and intellectual life. In When the World Spoke French, Marc Fumaroli presents a gallery of portraits of Europeans and Americans who conversed and corresponded in French, along with excerpts from their letters or other writings. These men and women, despite their differences, were all irresistibly attracted to the ideal of human happiness inspired by the Enlightenment, whose capital was Paris and whose king was Voltaire. Whether they were in Paris or far away, speaking French connected them in spirit with all those who desired to emulate Parisian tastes, style of life, and social pleasures. Their stories are testaments to the appeal of that famous “sweetness of life” nourished by France and its language.