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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... Suppose , " said one of them , " that you owe me two thousand crowns . " " I wish , " replied the other , " that you would suppose some other hypothesis . " VII . M. MARTINON . M. Martinon , advocate , was extremely dark . He had his ...
... Suppose , " said one of them , " that you owe me two thousand crowns . " " I wish , " replied the other , " that you would suppose some other hypothesis . " VII . M. MARTINON . M. Martinon , advocate , was extremely dark . He had his ...
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... suppose these letters mean ? " " By my faith , " replied the litigant , " they can mean nothing but Pauvre Plaideur , prenez patience . " † 6 The original article in the Menagiana is full of errors , particularly in the dates . The ...
... suppose these letters mean ? " " By my faith , " replied the litigant , " they can mean nothing but Pauvre Plaideur , prenez patience . " † 6 The original article in the Menagiana is full of errors , particularly in the dates . The ...
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... suppose . I only hazard a shilling against a pound . " LI . RABELAIS . Rabelais is not always the inventor of the tales he interweaves with his principal fable . He often borrows them from other quarters , but he embellishes and renders ...
... suppose . I only hazard a shilling against a pound . " LI . RABELAIS . Rabelais is not always the inventor of the tales he interweaves with his principal fable . He often borrows them from other quarters , but he embellishes and renders ...
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... suppose , according to this maxim , that the man who said that his estate was no larger than a laconic epistle , must be set down either as a child or a very irascible person- age . I remember an acquaintance of M. de Cal- prenede ( the ...
... suppose , according to this maxim , that the man who said that his estate was no larger than a laconic epistle , must be set down either as a child or a very irascible person- age . I remember an acquaintance of M. de Cal- prenede ( the ...
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... suppose they had ceased to be occupied with the things of this world . Sir Thomas More , at his execution , having laid his head upon the block , and perceiving that his beard was extended in such a manner that it would be cut through ...
... suppose they had ceased to be occupied with the things of this world . Sir Thomas More , at his execution , having laid his head upon the block , and perceiving that his beard was extended in such a manner that it would be cut through ...
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