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French, because the word 'effleurer' is an exquisite word).
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He refers more lightly and frequently to "those charming talks of ours about our Churches"; he thinks they both know how to effleurer the surface of theology without getting drowned in it.
Biographical Study of A W Kinglake Tuckwell, Rev W 1902
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Churches "; he thinks they both know how to effleurer the surface of theology without getting drowned in it.
Biographical Study of A.W. Kinglake William Tuckwell 1874
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