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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... lady lost all patience . " What ! ” said she , " more Racans still - show him up , however . " The moment he entered , Made moiselle de Gournai , assuming a high tone , asked whether he came there for the purpose of insulting her . M ...
... lady lost all patience . " What ! ” said she , " more Racans still - show him up , however . " The moment he entered , Made moiselle de Gournai , assuming a high tone , asked whether he came there for the purpose of insulting her . M ...
Page 36
... lady , whom we shall call Iris , was lamenting the loss of a cat , which had been stolen from her . To console her , the following Sonnet was composed , the rhymes assigned for which consisted entirely of the names of towns and ...
... lady , whom we shall call Iris , was lamenting the loss of a cat , which had been stolen from her . To console her , the following Sonnet was composed , the rhymes assigned for which consisted entirely of the names of towns and ...
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... lady with whom I was in love . " " How the deuce can that be , " said the other , “ when there are no chimneys in the country ? ” " Ah ! " re- torted Bassompierre , " when I allowed you qui- etly to kill your 300 men on board the vessel ...
... lady with whom I was in love . " " How the deuce can that be , " said the other , “ when there are no chimneys in the country ? ” " Ah ! " re- torted Bassompierre , " when I allowed you qui- etly to kill your 300 men on board the vessel ...
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... lady of great merit , + was obliged to set out for the army . During his absence , his passion was kept alive by remembrance and frequent epis- tolary correspondence , till the close of the cam- paign , when a dangerous malady , which ...
... lady of great merit , + was obliged to set out for the army . During his absence , his passion was kept alive by remembrance and frequent epis- tolary correspondence , till the close of the cam- paign , when a dangerous malady , which ...
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... lady of Grenoble , died while finishing these verses , addressed to Death : - Nectare clausa suo , Dignum tantorum pretium tulit illa laborum . CXXXVII . ORIGINES . Paulus Jovius is the first who has introduced Mottoes : Dorat the first ...
... lady of Grenoble , died while finishing these verses , addressed to Death : - Nectare clausa suo , Dignum tantorum pretium tulit illa laborum . CXXXVII . ORIGINES . Paulus Jovius is the first who has introduced Mottoes : Dorat the first ...
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