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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... opened the conference by bawling as loudly as possible , while Madame de Bautru an- swered her in the same tone . The King , who had been apprised of the whole by Bautru , laughed with all his heart at the scene . At last the Queen ...
... opened the conference by bawling as loudly as possible , while Madame de Bautru an- swered her in the same tone . The King , who had been apprised of the whole by Bautru , laughed with all his heart at the scene . At last the Queen ...
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... opened the conference by bawling as loudly as possible , while Madame de Bautru an- swered her in the same tone . The King , who had been apprised of the whole by Bautru , laughed with all his heart at the scene . At last the Queen ...
... opened the conference by bawling as loudly as possible , while Madame de Bautru an- swered her in the same tone . The King , who had been apprised of the whole by Bautru , laughed with all his heart at the scene . At last the Queen ...
Page 41
... opened her eyes . LXIV . MEDICINE . Medicine has been defined to be the art or sci- ence of amusing a sick man with frivolous spe- culations about his disorder , and of temporising in- geniously till nature either kills or cures him ...
... opened her eyes . LXIV . MEDICINE . Medicine has been defined to be the art or sci- ence of amusing a sick man with frivolous spe- culations about his disorder , and of temporising in- geniously till nature either kills or cures him ...
Page 87
... opened , the combat began ; both parties became animated ; they declaimed , they argued , they cited polyglots , and Rabbis ancient and modern . examiner , confounded at such a display of erudi- tion , made but a feeble resistance . M ...
... opened , the combat began ; both parties became animated ; they declaimed , they argued , they cited polyglots , and Rabbis ancient and modern . examiner , confounded at such a display of erudi- tion , made but a feeble resistance . M ...
Page 99
... opened , that thick vapours , produced by the decomposition of the bodies , become ignited at the approach of the flame , to the great astonishment of the attendants , who have more than once shouted a miracle . This sudden effect is ...
... opened , that thick vapours , produced by the decomposition of the bodies , become ignited at the approach of the flame , to the great astonishment of the attendants , who have more than once shouted a miracle . This sudden effect is ...
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