English Pharisees and French Crocodiles

at passes on either side of the English Channel, it is really a very amusing sight to see how

er diverting illustratio

ake our watch to our aunt; the En

subaltern. On this point, there is no doubt about our being in the right, since a curate is a priest, ordained to take

e, that is

from their horses, and are obliged to use very long whips; but, as they keep to the left, the action of the whip tak

ohn, one to

lish which means éditer, and to edit which means publier. These Chinese puzzles, so constantly met with, are not useless, however; they are the delight of French

bones," and you know that, when the English go as far as the backbone

their fingers' end"; in France, "

eginning of English books, b

ate h's, but, whereas in English it is vulgar to

simply address them as Monsieur, Madame, Mademoiselle. In England, only shopmen address ladies as Madam, or Miss. Wh

eave"; but in France we "take E

nce 3 farthings, has brought in, at compound interest, in four years, five months, and eight days, at the rate of 37/19 per cent., I would advise you to procure a ream of foolscap paper and set to

, the two nations seem to be saying to each other: "You

ations, it would be difficult to say which is oftene

the manner of keeping Good Friday, and in thi

ay, the day of His Resurrection, they rejoice. Easter day, being Sunday, finds the English people plunged in solemn silence; b