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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... ordered 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 .
... ordered 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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... servant announced another M. Racan . She thought at first that her visitor had forgot something , and had returned on that account . She was just preparing to address him , when a stranger entered and saluted her with much gravity ...
... servant announced another M. Racan . She thought at first that her visitor had forgot something , and had returned on that account . She was just preparing to address him , when a stranger entered and saluted her with much gravity ...
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... servants . One of them observed that he his maître d'hotel a hundred pistoles ; a se- gave cond , that he allowed his six hundred ; " And I , " said one , " I go far beyond either of you , for I al- low mine four thousand francs per ...
... servants . One of them observed that he his maître d'hotel a hundred pistoles ; a se- gave cond , that he allowed his six hundred ; " And I , " said one , " I go far beyond either of you , for I al- low mine four thousand francs per ...
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... under the bed of his valet - de- chambre , he found two bottles of wine , which the servant had placed there in order to quench his thirst during the night . He immediately concei- 7 ved they were poison , and forced him to.
... under the bed of his valet - de- chambre , he found two bottles of wine , which the servant had placed there in order to quench his thirst during the night . He immediately concei- 7 ved they were poison , and forced him to.
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... servants . One of them observed that he gave his maître d'hotel a hundred pistoles ; a se- cond , that he allowed his six hundred ; " And I , ” said one , " I go far beyond either of you , for I al- low mine four thousand francs per ...
... servants . One of them observed that he gave his maître d'hotel a hundred pistoles ; a se- cond , that he allowed his six hundred ; " And I , ” said one , " I go far beyond either of you , for I al- low mine four thousand francs per ...
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