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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... learned name with which it is associated . The Walpoliana is the one which approaches nearest to the character of the French Ana . Some of the most stri- king passages in the conversations of John- son , extracted from Boswell's Life ...
... learned name with which it is associated . The Walpoliana is the one which approaches nearest to the character of the French Ana . Some of the most stri- king passages in the conversations of John- son , extracted from Boswell's Life ...
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... learned scholar and wit is best known in England , appeared at first in an imperfect shape soon after his death , in 1693 , but was afterwards enlarged , corrected , and republished in four vo- lumes , by the celebrated Bertrand de la ...
... learned scholar and wit is best known in England , appeared at first in an imperfect shape soon after his death , in 1693 , but was afterwards enlarged , corrected , and republished in four vo- lumes , by the celebrated Bertrand de la ...
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... than the other ; for , " said he , " St Paul affects mystery and concealment , and will communicate nothing of what he learned in heaven , while St John speaks out , and conceals nothing . " At these words 44 TABLE - TALK .
... than the other ; for , " said he , " St Paul affects mystery and concealment , and will communicate nothing of what he learned in heaven , while St John speaks out , and conceals nothing . " At these words 44 TABLE - TALK .
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... learned and amiable man , is of a graver cast than the most of the Ana . It contains few anecdotes or lively tales , such as those which form the staple of the Mena- giana , but consists principally of a series of thoughts and ...
... learned and amiable man , is of a graver cast than the most of the Ana . It contains few anecdotes or lively tales , such as those which form the staple of the Mena- giana , but consists principally of a series of thoughts and ...
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... learned to play upon a musical instrument . Cato , aged eighty , began to learn Greek ; and Plutarch acquired Latin in his old age . John Gelida of Valentia , in Spain , did not begin the study of belles lettres till he was forty years ...
... learned to play upon a musical instrument . Cato , aged eighty , began to learn Greek ; and Plutarch acquired Latin in his old age . John Gelida of Valentia , in Spain , did not begin the study of belles lettres till he was forty years ...
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