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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... tion of the Menagiana . In modern Italy the taste for such collec- tions seems to have been not less general . Of the older works of this class little is known ; though there is every reason to think that the Facetic and Poggiana of ...
... tion of the Menagiana . In modern Italy the taste for such collec- tions seems to have been not less general . Of the older works of this class little is known ; though there is every reason to think that the Facetic and Poggiana of ...
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... tion is due to Poggio , the Florentine , who died in 1459. It is the 133d of his Facetiæ , entitled the Vision of Philelphus , for which Rabelais has merely substituted the name of Hans Carvel . It is then to be met with in the eleventh ...
... tion is due to Poggio , the Florentine , who died in 1459. It is the 133d of his Facetiæ , entitled the Vision of Philelphus , for which Rabelais has merely substituted the name of Hans Carvel . It is then to be met with in the eleventh ...
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... tion consists of original letters of the Emperors Charles V. , Ferdinand I. , Maximilian II . , Philip II . of Spain , Mary , Queen of Hungary , Eleanora , Queen of France , Mary Stuart , Queen of Scotland , Christiana of Denmark ...
... tion consists of original letters of the Emperors Charles V. , Ferdinand I. , Maximilian II . , Philip II . of Spain , Mary , Queen of Hungary , Eleanora , Queen of France , Mary Stuart , Queen of Scotland , Christiana of Denmark ...
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... tion which long dissertations demand ; and with the present age , which dislikes the application re- quired in continuous and methodical treatises His freedom of thought , his variety of style , and his metaphorical expressions , have ...
... tion which long dissertations demand ; and with the present age , which dislikes the application re- quired in continuous and methodical treatises His freedom of thought , his variety of style , and his metaphorical expressions , have ...
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... , fortune , duration , decay , and extinc- tion of each word . Never would the language and antiquities of Rome have received a more effectual support , or a more certain preservative against the influence E 2 HUETIANA . 53.
... , fortune , duration , decay , and extinc- tion of each word . Never would the language and antiquities of Rome have received a more effectual support , or a more certain preservative against the influence E 2 HUETIANA . 53.
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