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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... the servant to announce M. Racan . He was received with transport . He talked for a long time of Ma- demoiselle Gournai's works , which he had studied on purpose , and took his departure , leaving her 16 TABLE - TALK .
... the servant to announce M. Racan . He was received with transport . He talked for a long time of Ma- demoiselle Gournai's works , which he had studied on purpose , and took his departure , leaving her 16 TABLE - TALK .
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... received , had 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 ...
... received , had 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 ...
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... signification , fortune , duration , decay , and extinc- tion of each word . Never would the language and antiquities of Rome have received a more effectual support , or a more certain preservative against the influence E 2 HUETIANA . 53.
... signification , fortune , duration , decay , and extinc- tion of each word . Never would the language and antiquities of Rome have received a more effectual support , or a more certain preservative against the influence E 2 HUETIANA . 53.
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... received them from the Moors , the Moors from the Arabs , and the Arabs from the Indians . I agree with the supposition , that Spain received them from the Moors , and the Moors from the Arabs ; but I cannot admit that the Arabs recei ...
... received them from the Moors , the Moors from the Arabs , and the Arabs from the Indians . I agree with the supposition , that Spain received them from the Moors , and the Moors from the Arabs ; but I cannot admit that the Arabs recei ...
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... received his own corrections , has the character of be- ing more accurate than most works of this class . It contains many valuable corrections of the mistakes of some of its predecessors , and exhibits a very judicious mixture of ...
... received his own corrections , has the character of be- ing more accurate than most works of this class . It contains many valuable corrections of the mistakes of some of its predecessors , and exhibits a very judicious mixture of ...
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