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 43
... horse , who would not advance , notwithstand- ing the application of the spur , pulled his handker- chief out of his pocket , and spreading it to the wind , said , " Ah ! I see the reason that we can't get on - the wind is against us ...
... horse , who would not advance , notwithstand- ing the application of the spur , pulled his handker- chief out of his pocket , and spreading it to the wind , said , " Ah ! I see the reason that we can't get on - the wind is against us ...
Page 67
... horses ; that , it was true , a good many of them died , in consequence of his remedies , but that he had also had the good fortune to effect some cures . He concluded with begging his Grace not to expose him , but to allow him to make ...
... horses ; that , it was true , a good many of them died , in consequence of his remedies , but that he had also had the good fortune to effect some cures . He concluded with begging his Grace not to expose him , but to allow him to make ...
Page 90
... When he arrived there , he found on the sea - shore the wreck of a vessel , and was particularly sur- prised to find that the prow bore the figure of a horse . On inquiring of the inhabitants of the coast 90 TABLE - TALK .
... When he arrived there , he found on the sea - shore the wreck of a vessel , and was particularly sur- prised to find that the prow bore the figure of a horse . On inquiring of the inhabitants of the coast 90 TABLE - TALK .
Page 91
... horse . On inquiring of the inhabitants of the coast from what quarter the vessel had come , he learnt that it had come from the east . Eudoxus carried the prow with him to Alexandria ; and the most experienced pilots having examined it ...
... horse . On inquiring of the inhabitants of the coast from what quarter the vessel had come , he learnt that it had come from the east . Eudoxus carried the prow with him to Alexandria ; and the most experienced pilots having examined it ...
Page 92
... horse to look upon the figure without starting , and two dogs to fight with it , he returned to Rhodes , accompanied by his two dogs and some servants . Having come to a hill near Maupas , in the vicinity of which the dragon had his ...
... horse to look upon the figure without starting , and two dogs to fight with it , he returned to Rhodes , accompanied by his two dogs and some servants . Having come to a hill near Maupas , in the vicinity of which the dragon had his ...
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