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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Page 48
... piece . But this liberty , which has its advantages when used within bounds , becomes dangerous when it degenerates into license . Such is that of Montaigne , who has thought himself en- titled to overstep all the laws of modesty and de ...
... piece . But this liberty , which has its advantages when used within bounds , becomes dangerous when it degenerates into license . Such is that of Montaigne , who has thought himself en- titled to overstep all the laws of modesty and de ...
Page 50
... pieces , parti- cularly the heart , after which the apparitions cease and the body decays . The word Brucolac comes from the modern Greek gounos , which signifies mud , and λáxxos , a ditch , because the tombs in which these bodies are ...
... pieces , parti- cularly the heart , after which the apparitions cease and the body decays . The word Brucolac comes from the modern Greek gounos , which signifies mud , and λáxxos , a ditch , because the tombs in which these bodies are ...
Page 57
... piece of gallantry more ingenious , more refined , or more original than the Duke of Montausier's new - year's ... pieces , after reserving a reasonable share of the best sub- jects to himself . He then had the madrigals writ- ten ...
... piece of gallantry more ingenious , more refined , or more original than the Duke of Montausier's new - year's ... pieces , after reserving a reasonable share of the best sub- jects to himself . He then had the madrigals writ- ten ...
Page 79
... - vantes composed his Don Quixote , the master- piece of Spanish literature . A mistake . prison . Buchanan's psalms were not composed in CXXXI . POVERTY OF AUTHORS . Rarely does good fortune VIGNEUL MARVILLIANA . 79.
... - vantes composed his Don Quixote , the master- piece of Spanish literature . A mistake . prison . Buchanan's psalms were not composed in CXXXI . POVERTY OF AUTHORS . Rarely does good fortune VIGNEUL MARVILLIANA . 79.
Page 84
... piece , one of the actors came forward to pronounce a magnificent eulogium upon the piece , and to announce it for representa- tion the next day ; but a murmur was immediately heard through the house , and a general call for the Cid ...
... piece , one of the actors came forward to pronounce a magnificent eulogium upon the piece , and to announce it for representa- tion the next day ; but a murmur was immediately heard through the house , and a general call for the Cid ...
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