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  • Concerning the identity of the professor by whom the "discours" was to be delivered, I had as yet entertained neither care nor question.

    Villette Charlotte Bront�� 1835

  • I can't at all remember what this "discours" was; I did not listen to it: the gulping-down process, the abrupt dismissal of his mortification or vexation, had given me a sensation which half - counteracted the ludicrous effect of the reiterated "Est-ce là tout?"

    Villette Charlotte Bront�� 1835

  • Yet, no sooner had we reached that place of refuge, than she again became flat and listless: throwing herself on a couch, she denounced both the "discours" and the dinner as stupid affairs, and inquired of her cousin how she could hear such a set of prosaic "gros-bonnets" as her father gathered about him.

    Villette Charlotte Bront�� 1835

  • I don't know how, in the progress of his "discours," he had contrived to cross the Channel and land on British ground; but there I found him when I began to listen.

    Villette Charlotte Bront�� 1835

  • "discours," was to follow from one of the professors.

    Villette Charlotte Bront�� 1835

  • Français · Maroc: Après le discours, amour et haine pour Obama

    Global Voices in English » Moroccans Love/Hate Affair with Obama 2009

  • Quand on connaît toutes les misères que les propos de De Gucht ont suscité et qu'on entend le même discours de la bouche du « raïs », on se dit: « ça sent mauvais ».

    Global Voices in English » D.R. of Congo: Furor Over Kabila’s New York Times Interview 2009

  • Français · Cameroun: Les blogueurs réagissent au discours du Président Obama au Ghana

    Global Voices in English » Cameroon: Bloggers Discuss Obama’s Ghana Speech 2009

  • A peine hier, Obama a tenu un très bon discours sur la bonne gouvernance et la démocratie, aujourd'hui un autre autocrate africain se prépare à renouveler son bail au pouvoir pour 7 ans encore malgré ses déboires judiciaires relatifs à ses biens immobiliers en France.

    Global Voices in English » Congo Brazzaville: Disappointment at Presidential election 2009

  • Je ne sais pas si vous avez remarqué, Obama n'a évoqué aucun pays d'Afrique francophone dans son discours, pure coincidence?

    Global Voices in English » Congo Brazzaville: Disappointment at Presidential election 2009

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