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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... bed of his valet - de- chambre , he found two bottles of wine , which the servant had placed there in order to quench his thirst during the night . He immediately concei- ved they were poison , and forced him to drink 24 TABLE - TALK.
... bed of his valet - de- chambre , he found two bottles of wine , which the servant had placed there in order to quench his thirst during the night . He immediately concei- ved they were poison , and forced him to drink 24 TABLE - TALK.
Page 51
... night haunted by spectres , until the house itself was at last burned , and the last rites properly performed to his remains by the sisters of the deceased . Servius states expressly , that the souls of the dead can find no rest till ...
... night haunted by spectres , until the house itself was at last burned , and the last rites properly performed to his remains by the sisters of the deceased . Servius states expressly , that the souls of the dead can find no rest till ...
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... night . But I never recollect having passed a more agreeable evening . LXXXIX . MURDER IN STOCKHOLM . A few days before our journey to Sweden , a strange incident occurred in Stockholm . A young man , by no means deficient in fortune ...
... night . But I never recollect having passed a more agreeable evening . LXXXIX . MURDER IN STOCKHOLM . A few days before our journey to Sweden , a strange incident occurred in Stockholm . A young man , by no means deficient in fortune ...
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... night . On examining it , he found that it amounted only to ninety crowns , and put- ting it into the hand of the maître d'hotel , he said calmly , " Make the sum even before I vouch it . " The servant walked down stairs immediately ...
... night . On examining it , he found that it amounted only to ninety crowns , and put- ting it into the hand of the maître d'hotel , he said calmly , " Make the sum even before I vouch it . " The servant walked down stairs immediately ...
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... night , " Non avendo candele per scriver suoi ver- si . " And how melancholy is it to see Cardinal Ben- tivoglio , the ornament of Italy and the belles let- tres , and the benefactor of the poor , after so many important services ...
... night , " Non avendo candele per scriver suoi ver- si . " And how melancholy is it to see Cardinal Ben- tivoglio , the ornament of Italy and the belles let- tres , and the benefactor of the poor , after so many important services ...
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