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As for seeing the town, he did not even think of it, being of that breed of Britons who have their servants do their sightseeing for them.

— Jules Verne Around the World in Eighty Days (1873)

Quant à voir la ville, il n'y pensait même pas, étant de cette race d'Anglais qui font visiter par leur domestique les pays qu'ils traversent.

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Ch. VII: Which once more shows the futility of passports for police purposes. Tr. William Butcher (1995)

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