Table-talk; Or, Selections from the Ana: Containing Extracts from the Different Collections of Ana, French, English, Italian, and German. With Bibliographical Notices |
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Page 18
... testament . He in- serted the year , but forgot the day . XI . APOPLEXY . A slight touch of apoplexy may be called a re- taining fee on the part of Death . XII . THE LATEST INFORMATION . M. de E- was 18 TABLE - TALK .
... testament . He in- serted the year , but forgot the day . XI . APOPLEXY . A slight touch of apoplexy may be called a re- taining fee on the part of Death . XII . THE LATEST INFORMATION . M. de E- was 18 TABLE - TALK .
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... called the Alexandriad ; and the verse in question is the 301st of the 5th Book , where the poet , apostrophising Darius , who in flying from Alexander , fell into the hands of Bessus , expresses himself thus : --- 66 -Quo flectis ...
... called the Alexandriad ; and the verse in question is the 301st of the 5th Book , where the poet , apostrophising Darius , who in flying from Alexander , fell into the hands of Bessus , expresses himself thus : --- 66 -Quo flectis ...
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... called ακρωτηριάζειν . ) All these they hung round the neck of the victim , or placed them under his arm - pits , from which the word parxaís , signify- ing the same thing , is derived . A strong proof of this is to be found in the ...
... called ακρωτηριάζειν . ) All these they hung round the neck of the victim , or placed them under his arm - pits , from which the word parxaís , signify- ing the same thing , is derived . A strong proof of this is to be found in the ...
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... called the Bocage , a countryman of a savage temper was in the custom of maltreating his wife so severely , that his neighbours , attracted by her cries , had frequent- ly been obliged to interfere for her assistance . The husband ...
... called the Bocage , a countryman of a savage temper was in the custom of maltreating his wife so severely , that his neighbours , attracted by her cries , had frequent- ly been obliged to interfere for her assistance . The husband ...
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... called to visit the noble stranger . He entered the Duke's chamber , and sa- luting him , gravely asked him what was the nature of his complaint . M. de Rohan looked at him at- tentively : " Doctor , " said he , " I know not how it is ...
... called to visit the noble stranger . He entered the Duke's chamber , and sa- luting him , gravely asked him what was the nature of his complaint . M. de Rohan looked at him at- tentively : " Doctor , " said he , " I know not how it is ...
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