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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... letter of the 31st , which says the contrary . " " Ah , " replied the narrator , " but mine is of the 32d ! " XIII . IMMORTALITY . Bautru , in presenting a poet to M. d'Hemery , addressed him , " Sir , I present to you a person who will ...
... letter of the 31st , which says the contrary . " " Ah , " replied the narrator , " but mine is of the 32d ! " XIII . IMMORTALITY . Bautru , in presenting a poet to M. d'Hemery , addressed him , " Sir , I present to you a person who will ...
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... letters , by this odious action , of a work , where there is every reason to conclude that Cicero was not less eloquent or admirable than in his other productions . Raimond Soranzo , a celebrated Jurisconsult at the Papal Court at ...
... letters , by this odious action , of a work , where there is every reason to conclude that Cicero was not less eloquent or admirable than in his other productions . Raimond Soranzo , a celebrated Jurisconsult at the Papal Court at ...
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... letters , but he was guilty of one action of a disho- nourable nature . He found a Greek manuscript of Procopius , De Bello Gothico . He translated it into Latin , * and passed off the work as his own ; but afterwards , other copies of ...
... letters , but he was guilty of one action of a disho- nourable nature . He found a Greek manuscript of Procopius , De Bello Gothico . He translated it into Latin , * and passed off the work as his own ; but afterwards , other copies of ...
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... letters mean ? " " By my faith , " replied the litigant , " they can mean nothing but Pauvre Plaideur , prenez patience . " " + The original article in the Menagiana is full of errors , particularly in the dates . The opinion expressed ...
... letters mean ? " " By my faith , " replied the litigant , " they can mean nothing but Pauvre Plaideur , prenez patience . " " + The original article in the Menagiana is full of errors , particularly in the dates . The opinion expressed ...
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... letter of Agesilaus on a similar occasion . " If Cinias is not guilty , set him at liberty for your own sake ; if he is , for mine : but be it as it may , set him at liberty . " XLIII . LITERARY ENTERTAINMENTS . I knew a person who ...
... letter of Agesilaus on a similar occasion . " If Cinias is not guilty , set him at liberty for your own sake ; if he is , for mine : but be it as it may , set him at liberty . " XLIII . LITERARY ENTERTAINMENTS . I knew a person who ...
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