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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... children , " said he , " you will never weep so heartily as I have made you laugh . " XLV . PERIPATETIC PHILOSOPHY . The worst parts in the Peripatetic Philosophy are not the work of Aristotle , but of his disciples , and particularly ...
... children , " said he , " you will never weep so heartily as I have made you laugh . " XLV . PERIPATETIC PHILOSOPHY . The worst parts in the Peripatetic Philosophy are not the work of Aristotle , but of his disciples , and particularly ...
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... children of the neighbourhood , help- ed themselves to the papers as they pleased ; the maître d'hotel sold six of the chests to a confec- tioner , and in order to get rid of the rest , they were destined at once to the water - closet ...
... children of the neighbourhood , help- ed themselves to the papers as they pleased ; the maître d'hotel sold six of the chests to a confec- tioner , and in order to get rid of the rest , they were destined at once to the water - closet ...
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... child in his arms . He played with her for some time , when his servant came to announce to him a visit of importance : immedi- ately , forgetting that he had laid down his book , and that it was his daughter that he held , he threw her ...
... child in his arms . He played with her for some time , when his servant came to announce to him a visit of importance : immedi- ately , forgetting that he had laid down his book , and that it was his daughter that he held , he threw her ...
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... child in broad day - light , as it was playing before its father's shop , and cut its throat . He was instantly seized and carried before the judges . Being interrogated as to his motives for the commission of such a crime , " Gentlemen ...
... child in broad day - light , as it was playing before its father's shop , and cut its throat . He was instantly seized and carried before the judges . Being interrogated as to his motives for the commission of such a crime , " Gentlemen ...
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... children who exaggerate everything . I suppose , according to this maxim , that the man who said that his estate was no larger than a laconic epistle , must be set down either as a child or a very irascible person- age . I remember an ...
... children who exaggerate everything . I suppose , according to this maxim , that the man who said that his estate was no larger than a laconic epistle , must be set down either as a child or a very irascible person- age . I remember an ...
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