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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... died in July 1692 . The Menagiana , which is the work by which this learned scholar and wit is best known in England , appeared at first in an imperfect shape soon after his death , in 1693 , but was afterwards enlarged , corrected ...
... died in July 1692 . The Menagiana , which is the work by which this learned scholar and wit is best known in England , appeared at first in an imperfect shape soon after his death , in 1693 , but was afterwards enlarged , corrected ...
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... died at the age of ninety - three , Madame Cornuel , who was only six years younger , observed— " Alas ! she was the only one left between death and me . " III . IMPROMPTUS . It is a difficult matter to make a good impromp- tu . I ...
... died at the age of ninety - three , Madame Cornuel , who was only six years younger , observed— " Alas ! she was the only one left between death and me . " III . IMPROMPTUS . It is a difficult matter to make a good impromp- tu . I ...
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... died shortly afterwards , without giving Petrarch any in- The whole of this story is proved to be a mistake by Bayle ; Article Alcyonius . Varillas , in his Louis XI . , was the author of this calumny . Philelphus never wrote a Trea ...
... died shortly afterwards , without giving Petrarch any in- The whole of this story is proved to be a mistake by Bayle ; Article Alcyonius . Varillas , in his Louis XI . , was the author of this calumny . Philelphus never wrote a Trea ...
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... died shortly afterwards , without giving Petrarch any in- The whole of this story is proved to be a mistake by Bayle ; Article Alcyonius . Varillas , in his Louis XI . , was the author of this calumny . Philelphus never wrote a Trea ...
... died shortly afterwards , without giving Petrarch any in- The whole of this story is proved to be a mistake by Bayle ; Article Alcyonius . Varillas , in his Louis XI . , was the author of this calumny . Philelphus never wrote a Trea ...
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... died towards the close of the fifteenth century . The title was given in the Catalogue , but the library having been be- queathed to the Monks , the book , when sought for , could not be found . This gave rise to a sus- picion , that ...
... died towards the close of the fifteenth century . The title was given in the Catalogue , but the library having been be- queathed to the Monks , the book , when sought for , could not be found . This gave rise to a sus- picion , that ...
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