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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... languages , all noted , quoted , and underlined with his own hand , with copies of many of his answers . After his death , these valuable documents were placed in a gallery exposed to the rats and the rain ; the ser- vants , and the ...
... languages , all noted , quoted , and underlined with his own hand , with copies of many of his answers . After his death , these valuable documents were placed in a gallery exposed to the rats and the rain ; the ser- vants , and the ...
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... LANGUAGES . When one has acquired a certain reputation , he should never venture to speak a language he has not been accustomed to use , however well he may understand it . We lose too much by doing 80. A single mistake is sufficient to ...
... LANGUAGES . When one has acquired a certain reputation , he should never venture to speak a language he has not been accustomed to use , however well he may understand it . We lose too much by doing 80. A single mistake is sufficient to ...
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... language in which they are conveyed . ] LXXXI . MONTAIGNE . The Essays of Montaigne are genuine Mon- taniana , that is to say , a Collection of the Thoughts of Montaigne without arrangement or connexion . This circumstance has , perhaps ...
... language in which they are conveyed . ] LXXXI . MONTAIGNE . The Essays of Montaigne are genuine Mon- taniana , that is to say , a Collection of the Thoughts of Montaigne without arrangement or connexion . This circumstance has , perhaps ...
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... language , By this method , one would be enabled to find at glance , and with certainty , the birth , age , usage , signification , fortune , duration , decay , and extinc- tion of each word . Never would the language and antiquities of ...
... language , By this method , one would be enabled to find at glance , and with certainty , the birth , age , usage , signification , fortune , duration , decay , and extinc- tion of each word . Never would the language and antiquities of ...
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... language cast their eyes upon them , they discovered that these rare volumes were common registers and account- books of Arabian merchants ! Risum teneatis , amici . CXXXV . CHANCE . Chance has frequently assisted the progress of the ...
... language cast their eyes upon them , they discovered that these rare volumes were common registers and account- books of Arabian merchants ! Risum teneatis , amici . CXXXV . CHANCE . Chance has frequently assisted the progress of the ...
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