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 48
... piece . But this liberty , which has its advantages when used within bounds , becomes dangerous when it degenerates into license . Such is that of Montaigne , who has thought himself en- titled to overstep all the laws of modesty and de ...
... piece . But this liberty , which has its advantages when used within bounds , becomes dangerous when it degenerates into license . Such is that of Montaigne , who has thought himself en- titled to overstep all the laws of modesty and de ...
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... pieces , parti- cularly the heart , after which the apparitions cease and the body decays . The word Brucolac comes from the modern Greek goxos , which signifies mud , and λéxxos , a ditch , because the tombs in which these bodies are ...
... pieces , parti- cularly the heart , after which the apparitions cease and the body decays . The word Brucolac comes from the modern Greek goxos , which signifies mud , and λéxxos , a ditch , because the tombs in which these bodies are ...
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... piece of gallantry more ingenious , more refined , or more original than the Duke of Montausier's new - year's ... pieces , after reserving a reasonable share of the best sub- jects to himself . He then had the madrigals writ- ten ...
... piece of gallantry more ingenious , more refined , or more original than the Duke of Montausier's new - year's ... pieces , after reserving a reasonable share of the best sub- jects to himself . He then had the madrigals writ- ten ...
Page 57
... piece of gallantry more ingenious , more refined , or more original than the Duke of Montausier's new - year's ... pieces , after reserving a reasonable share of the best sub- jects to himself . He then had the madrigals writ- ten ...
... piece of gallantry more ingenious , more refined , or more original than the Duke of Montausier's new - year's ... pieces , after reserving a reasonable share of the best sub- jects to himself . He then had the madrigals writ- ten ...
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... - vantes composed his Don Quixote , the master- piece of Spanish literature . * A mistake . prison . Buchanan's psalms were not composed in CXXXI . POVERTY OF AUTHORS . Rarely does good fortune VIGNEUL MARVILLIANA . 79.
... - vantes composed his Don Quixote , the master- piece of Spanish literature . * A mistake . prison . Buchanan's psalms were not composed in CXXXI . POVERTY OF AUTHORS . Rarely does good fortune VIGNEUL MARVILLIANA . 79.
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