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 ix
... character of their contents from the coarser works of the Italians , belong also to the class of Ana . The first is remarkable for the theological learn- ing it displays , and the information it com- municates , as to the early state of ...
... character of their contents from the coarser works of the Italians , belong also to the class of Ana . The first is remarkable for the theological learn- ing it displays , and the information it com- municates , as to the early state of ...
Page x
... character of the French Ana . Some of the most stri- king passages in the conversations of John- son , extracted from Boswell's Life , are added under the head of Johnsoniana ; and a few selections from the valuable , but imperfectly ...
... character of the French Ana . Some of the most stri- king passages in the conversations of John- son , extracted from Boswell's Life , are added under the head of Johnsoniana ; and a few selections from the valuable , but imperfectly ...
Page 26
... character of the Italians , Spaniards , and Greeks , it has been said , That one ought to write in Italian , boast in Spanish , and cheat in Greek . XXXII . RETURNING THANKS . Nothing is more difficult than to return thanks neatly ...
... character of the Italians , Spaniards , and Greeks , it has been said , That one ought to write in Italian , boast in Spanish , and cheat in Greek . XXXII . RETURNING THANKS . Nothing is more difficult than to return thanks neatly ...
Page 49
... character . His lively imagination furnishes him with a profusion of images on every subject , which he groups into that abundance of agreeable meta- phors , in which he is unequalled by any other writer . It is his favourite figure ; a ...
... character . His lively imagination furnishes him with a profusion of images on every subject , which he groups into that abundance of agreeable meta- phors , in which he is unequalled by any other writer . It is his favourite figure ; a ...
Page 54
... characters in use among us , have been introduced into Europe through Spain ; that Spain 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 ...
... characters in use among us , have been introduced into Europe through Spain ; that Spain 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 ...
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