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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... TALK . MENAGIANA . [ MENAGE was born at Angers , 15th August 1613 , and was the son of an advocate in that city . From his earliest youth he was distinguished by his inclination to study , and a pro- digious memory , which he retained ...
... TALK . MENAGIANA . [ MENAGE was born at Angers , 15th August 1613 , and was the son of an advocate in that city . From his earliest youth he was distinguished by his inclination to study , and a pro- digious memory , which he retained ...
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... own testament . serted the year , but forgot the day . XI . APOPLEXY . He in- A slight touch of apoplexy may be called a re- taining fee on the part of Death . XII . THE LATEST INFORMATION . M. de E was 18 TABLE - TALK .
... own testament . serted the year , but forgot the day . XI . APOPLEXY . He in- A slight touch of apoplexy may be called a re- taining fee on the part of Death . XII . THE LATEST INFORMATION . M. de E was 18 TABLE - TALK .
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... talking of their house- hold affairs , and in particular of the wages they gave their servants . One of them observed that he gave his maître d'hotel a hundred pistoles ; a se- cond , that he allowed his six hundred ; " And I , " said ...
... talking of their house- hold affairs , and in particular of the wages they gave their servants . One of them observed that he gave his maître d'hotel a hundred pistoles ; a se- cond , that he allowed his six hundred ; " And I , " said ...
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