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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... France that we are indebted for the most interesting , instructive , and amu- sing works of this class . And , accordingly , it is from these sources that the present vo- lume has been principally derived . Of these collections , the ...
... France that we are indebted for the most interesting , instructive , and amu- sing works of this class . And , accordingly , it is from these sources that the present vo- lume has been principally derived . Of these collections , the ...
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... France to live , for there alone is the science of good eating fully understood . And when we have enjoyed enough of life , were we to choose a spot to die in , it should be in Spain , which is a gloomy and dreary country , peculiarly ...
... France to live , for there alone is the science of good eating fully understood . And when we have enjoyed enough of life , were we to choose a spot to die in , it should be in Spain , which is a gloomy and dreary country , peculiarly ...
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... France , servants always walk before their masters . It is otherwise in Italy . Masters walk before their servants in summer , on account of the dust , and in winter behind them , on account of the badness of the roads . XXXIX ...
... France , servants always walk before their masters . It is otherwise in Italy . Masters walk before their servants in summer , on account of the dust , and in winter behind them , on account of the badness of the roads . XXXIX ...
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... France to America . The captain , who saw that a storm was approaching , said to him , “ Fa- ther , you are not accustomed to the rolling of a vessel , you had better get down as fast as possible into the hold . As long as you hear the ...
... France to America . The captain , who saw that a storm was approaching , said to him , “ Fa- ther , you are not accustomed to the rolling of a vessel , you had better get down as fast as possible into the hold . As long as you hear the ...
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... France , Mary Stuart , Queen of Scotland , Christiana of Denmark , Duchess of Lorraine , and the two Margarets of Austria , who governed in the Low Countries . The rest is composed of the letters of different ambassadors , with the ...
... France , Mary Stuart , Queen of Scotland , Christiana of Denmark , Duchess of Lorraine , and the two Margarets of Austria , who governed in the Low Countries . The rest is composed of the letters of different ambassadors , with the ...
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