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 49
... showed the badness of his taste . When he advances any bold or dispu table proposition , he says , " I do not give it as a good one , but as mine ; " a matter with which the reader has very little to do ; for his object is to know , not ...
... showed the badness of his taste . When he advances any bold or dispu table proposition , he says , " I do not give it as a good one , but as mine ; " a matter with which the reader has very little to do ; for his object is to know , not ...
Page 65
... showed him that romance , " This author boasts of having a large mansion and an extensive forest : I assure you , on my honour , that he has not wood enough to make a tooth - pick , and that a tortoise F 2 [ 65 ] CHEVREANA.
... showed him that romance , " This author boasts of having a large mansion and an extensive forest : I assure you , on my honour , that he has not wood enough to make a tooth - pick , and that a tortoise F 2 [ 65 ] CHEVREANA.
Page 98
... , because it was then in its beauty , and showed its entire face . From the Ides , till the end of the month , they reckoned 14 , 13 , 12 , & c . before the Kalends of the follow ing month ; and from the first day of that 98 TABLE - TALK .
... , because it was then in its beauty , and showed its entire face . From the Ides , till the end of the month , they reckoned 14 , 13 , 12 , & c . before the Kalends of the follow ing month ; and from the first day of that 98 TABLE - TALK .
Page 131
... showed that he was not quite dead . He was accordingly taken out of his shroud and placed on his bed . In the meantime , poor Father Guerin was attacked by the plague in his turn , so violently , SERIOUS AND COMIC ANA . 131.
... showed that he was not quite dead . He was accordingly taken out of his shroud and placed on his bed . In the meantime , poor Father Guerin was attacked by the plague in his turn , so violently , SERIOUS AND COMIC ANA . 131.
Page 214
... showed all the four sides of his garden for south walls . A gentleman writing to desire a fine horse he had , offered him any equivalent . Lord William re- plied , that the horse was at his service , but he did not know what to do with ...
... showed all the four sides of his garden for south walls . A gentleman writing to desire a fine horse he had , offered him any equivalent . Lord William re- plied , that the horse was at his service , but he did not know what to do with ...
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