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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... live upon in the meantime . " XIV . THE CURATE OF ANJOU . A curate in Anjou , a man of very disorderly habits , had a quarrel with a sergeant of the neigh- bourhood . The sergeant having suddenly disap- peared , every one suspected the ...
... live upon in the meantime . " XIV . THE CURATE OF ANJOU . A curate in Anjou , a man of very disorderly habits , had a quarrel with a sergeant of the neigh- bourhood . The sergeant having suddenly disap- peared , every one suspected the ...
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... LIVE AND DIE . If we were allowed to choose our birth - place , Italy should be our choice , on account of the mild- ness of the climate . After being born there , we must come to France to live , for there alone is the science of good ...
... LIVE AND DIE . If we were allowed to choose our birth - place , Italy should be our choice , on account of the mild- ness of the climate . After being born there , we must come to France to live , for there alone is the science of good ...
Page 67
... lives of the Swiss . CII . SIR THOMAS MORE . The greatest of men are sometimes seized with strange fancies at the very moment when one would suppose they had ceased to be occupied with the things of this world . Sir Thomas More , at his ...
... lives of the Swiss . CII . SIR THOMAS MORE . The greatest of men are sometimes seized with strange fancies at the very moment when one would suppose they had ceased to be occupied with the things of this world . Sir Thomas More , at his ...
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... live . " CV . LA MOTHE LE VAYER . The friends of La Mothe le Vayer , who are ac- quainted with his character , are aware that ac- counts of foreign countries were his principal amusement and delight . When on the point of death , and ...
... live . " CV . LA MOTHE LE VAYER . The friends of La Mothe le Vayer , who are ac- quainted with his character , are aware that ac- counts of foreign countries were his principal amusement and delight . When on the point of death , and ...
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... lives . " He took the philosopher for the name of a town . CXII . CARMELINE THE DENTIST . Carmeline , the famous tooth - drawer , and maker of artificial teeth , had his portrait painted and placed in his chamber window , with a motto ...
... lives . " He took the philosopher for the name of a town . CXII . CARMELINE THE DENTIST . Carmeline , the famous tooth - drawer , and maker of artificial teeth , had his portrait painted and placed in his chamber window , with a motto ...
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