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 16
... 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 .
Page 17
... took his departure , leaving her quite delighted with the conversation of M. Racan . Scarcely had he gone , when the servant announced another M. Racan . She thought at first that her visitor had forgot something , and had returned on ...
... took his departure , leaving her quite delighted with the conversation of M. Racan . Scarcely had he gone , when the servant announced another M. Racan . She thought at first that her visitor had forgot something , and had returned on ...
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... took down the body secretly , and threw it , with the cord about its neck , into a neighbouring pond . Some fisher- men found the body in their nets , and the matter being taken up by the police , every one flocked to see the corpse of ...
... took down the body secretly , and threw it , with the cord about its neck , into a neighbouring pond . Some fisher- men found the body in their nets , and the matter being taken up by the police , every one flocked to see the corpse of ...
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... took the child in his arms . He played with her for some time , when his servant came to announce to him a visit of importance : immedi- ately , forgetting that he had laid down his book , and that it was his daughter that he held , he ...
... took the child in his arms . He played with her for some time , when his servant came to announce to him a visit of importance : immedi- ately , forgetting that he had laid down his book , and that it was his daughter that he held , he ...
Page 53
... took this point into consideration , and , upon the representation of the Duke de Montau- sier , agreed to defray the expense ( which , upon a fair calculation , was estimated at about 3 or 400,000 francs ) of bringing the plan to ...
... took this point into consideration , and , upon the representation of the Duke de Montau- sier , agreed to defray the expense ( which , upon a fair calculation , was estimated at about 3 or 400,000 francs ) of bringing the plan to ...
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