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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... hands com- pletely distorted and disfigured by the gout . He was once engaged in play at cards , and had gain❤ ed a ... hand , and the gamester acknowledged he had lost his wager . * XXIX . MADAME DE BOURDONNE . Madame de Bourdonne ...
... hands com- pletely distorted and disfigured by the gout . He was once engaged in play at cards , and had gain❤ ed a ... hand , and the gamester acknowledged he had lost his wager . * XXIX . MADAME DE BOURDONNE . Madame de Bourdonne ...
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... hands , he selected those parts he liked best ; but thinking that a mere translation would do him but little credit , and at the same time an- xious to avoid the clumsy and inartificial imposture of Aretin , he adopted a more refined ...
... hands , he selected those parts he liked best ; but thinking that a mere translation would do him but little credit , and at the same time an- xious to avoid the clumsy and inartificial imposture of Aretin , he adopted a more refined ...
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... hand , with copies of many of his answers . After his death , these valuable documents were placed in a gallery exposed to the rats and the rain ; the ser- vants , and the children of the neighbourhood , help- ed themselves to the ...
... hand , with copies of many of his answers . After his death , these valuable documents were placed in a gallery exposed to the rats and the rain ; the ser- vants , and the children of the neighbourhood , help- ed themselves to the ...
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... hands of Bessus , expresses himself thus : - -Quo flectis inertem , Rex periture , fugam ? Nescis , heu , perdite ... hand , the Mar- quis Spinola , in the ardour of his zeal , bit his finger in doing so , and that so sharply that the ...
... hands of Bessus , expresses himself thus : - -Quo flectis inertem , Rex periture , fugam ? Nescis , heu , perdite ... hand , the Mar- quis Spinola , in the ardour of his zeal , bit his finger in doing so , and that so sharply that the ...
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... hand , replied , " There - go back - buy me the salmon- and the counsellor . " LXX . RACAN . Racan was a man of talent , and frequently said good things ; but his voice was weak , and he spoke rather indistinctly . One day in a numerous ...
... hand , replied , " There - go back - buy me the salmon- and the counsellor . " LXX . RACAN . Racan was a man of talent , and frequently said good things ; but his voice was weak , and he spoke rather indistinctly . One day in a numerous ...
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