"Ah, Adolph, is it you?" said his master, offering his hand to him; "how are you, boy?" while Adolph poured forth, with great fluency, an extemporary speech, which he had been preparing, with great care, for a fortnight before.

«Oh, c’est toi, Adolphe? comment te va, mon garçon?» dit le maître lui tendant la main. Le mulâtre se hâta de débiter, avec un grand flux de paroles, l’improvisation qu’il préparait depuis trois semaines.

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La case de l'oncle Tom

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

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Night was coming on apace, and Claude was growing more and more animated and passionate, displaying a fluency, an eloquence which his comrades had not known him to possess.

La nuit venait, Claude s’animait de plus en plus, dans l’énervement de sa passion, d’une abondance, d’une éloquence que les camarades ne lui connaissaient pas.

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L'Oeuvre

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His Masterpiece

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Topsy had an uncommon verbal memory, and committed with a fluency that greatly encouraged her instructress.

L’enfant avait la mémoire des mots, et répétait avec une facilité qui encourageait l’institutrice.

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