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His penetration is not unhandsomely rewarded; for he derives an income of 12,000 francs, or L500 sterling, from his cabinets d'aisance. Since political causes first occasioned the shuting up of the old Theatre Francais in the Faubourg St.
You wouldn't see a trace of them or their language anywhere in Europe except in a cabinet d'aisance. And says John Wyse: Full many a flower is born to blush unseen. And says Lenehan that knows a bit of the lingo: Conspuez les Anglais! Perfide Albion!
On the right-hand long wall, a little beyond the angle of this corner, a few boards, tacked together in any fashion to make a two-sided screen four feet in height, marked the position of a cabinet d'aisance, composed of a small coverless tin pail identical with the other six, and a board of the usual design which could be placed on the pail or not as desired.
Sa femme est bonne, et si simple que j'ai rarement vu un comme-il-faut plus acheve sans etre de la distinction. La maison est tres spacieuse et entouree d'arbres magnifiques. Ce qu'il y a de particulier dans cette maison, c'est un caractere intime et d'aisance ancienne. Macmillan a su eviter avec un tact parfait, tout ce qui pouvait rappeler le nouveau riche.
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