Selections for German Prose Composition
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ISBN13: 9780217990967
Paperback|9780217990967
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: III. THE MAN WHO SPEAKS ENGLISH. T T was eleven o'clock at night when we reached Sion, a dirty little town at the end of the Rhone-Valley Railway, and got into the omnibus for the hotel; and it was also dark and rainy. They speak German in this part of Switzerland, or what is called German. There were 5 two very pleasant Americans who spoke American, going on in the diligence at half past five in the morning, on their way over the Simplon. One of them was accustomed to speak good, broad English very distinctly to all races; and he seemed to expect that he must be under- 10 stood if he repeated his observations in a louder tone, as he always did. I think he would force all this country to speak English in two months. We all desired to secure places in the diligence, which was likely to be full, as is usually the case when a railway discharges itself into a i; postroad. We were scarcely in the omnibus when the gentleman said to the conductor, ? I want two places in the coup of the diligence in the morning. Can I have them ? 20 Yah, replied the good-natured German, who did n't understand a word. Two places, diligence, coupe1, morning. Is it full? Yah, replied the accommodating fellow. Hotel man spik English. I suggested the banquette as desirable, if it could be 5 obtained, and the German was equally willing to give it to us. Descending from the omnibus at the hotel, in a drizzling rain, and amidst a crowd of porters and postilions and runners, the manwho spoke English immediately presented himself; and upon him the American 10 pounced with a torrent of questions. He was a willing lively little waiter, with his moony face on the top of his head; and he jumped round in the rain like a parching pea, rolling his head about in the funniest manner....
| ISBN-13 | 9780217990967 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217990967 |
| Weight | 0.56 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.38 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 166 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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