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Hamerton, Philip Gilbert
National characteristics, English; National characteristics, French
Physical Education, imperfect in England, 1;
amusements of distinguished Englishmen, 2;
cricket and boating, 3;
high physical life of the English aristocracy contrasted with that
of towns, 12;
peasant life in France and factory life in England, 13;
English and French compared, _ib._;
future of the two races, 14
Poaching in France and England, 11
Poetry, foreign difficulties in appreciating, 23;
in France and England, 402;
English not appreciated in France, 406, 407
Politeness. See Manners
Political celebrity in England, 326
Pope, veneration for by Catholics, 54
Prefect, his official rank in France, 335
Pride. See Patriotic
Priests in France, may not shoot, hunt, or row in a boat, 7;
may fish with a hook, 8
President of the French Republic, contemptuous estimate of his
position refuted, 136;
his real influence, 137
Presidential government, American system of, unsuited to France, 110;
compulsory retirement of Grévy and peaceful election of his
successor, 111
_Princess of Thule_, an example of local patriotism, 65
Printing, French and English compared, 395
Protestantism, in England and France, xii;
protected in France by Freethinkers, xv
Protestants, their isolation in France, 155;
ultra-simplicity, 177
Provence contrasted with Brittany, 434
Provincial Feeling, strong in France but not in England, 74;
no cruel experiences of invasion felt in England, 75
Public opinion, its value as a moral authority, 46;
national and professional virtues, _ib._
Puritanism, revolutionised the English
people, 270;
especially the middle classes, 271;
experiences of an English family on a Sunday in Paris, _ib._;
success of Puritanism in Scotland, 274;
sacred and profane music, 275;
effect on literature, 276
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