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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... told by Quinetilian , was made by a freedman under the title , De Jo cis Ciceronis . Quinctilian himself has fa voured us with not a few specimens of the Roman Orator's jocular vein , from which we may fairly conclude , that these ...
... told by Quinetilian , was made by a freedman under the title , De Jo cis Ciceronis . Quinctilian himself has fa voured us with not a few specimens of the Roman Orator's jocular vein , from which we may fairly conclude , that these ...
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... told him that he was afraid of breaking in upon his solitude . II : MADAME CORNUEL . Madame de Ville Savin having died at the age of ninety - three , Madame Cornuel , who was only six years younger , observed- " Alas ! she was the only ...
... told him that he was afraid of breaking in upon his solitude . II : MADAME CORNUEL . Madame de Ville Savin having died at the age of ninety - three , Madame Cornuel , who was only six years younger , observed- " Alas ! she was the only ...
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... told him plainly , that she was determined to be presented to her . Bautru , who had resisted as long as he pos- sibly could , promised to bring her with him after dinner ; " but , please your Majesty , " added he , " she is terribly ...
... told him plainly , that she was determined to be presented to her . Bautru , who had resisted as long as he pos- sibly could , promised to bring her with him after dinner ; " but , please your Majesty , " added he , " she is terribly ...
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... told me the same of you . ' " ? XX . M. DE BAUTRU . M. de Bautru told me one day , that during his embassy to Spain he went one day to visit the library in the Escurial , and saw at once , from the conversation which he had with the ...
... told me the same of you . ' " ? XX . M. DE BAUTRU . M. de Bautru told me one day , that during his embassy to Spain he went one day to visit the library in the Escurial , and saw at once , from the conversation which he had with the ...
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... told me that one day M. de Grammont , who , at the Palais Royal , was considered as one of the family , ( having espoused one of the Cardinal's nieces , ) and who , of course , possessed the liberty of free entry at all times , broke in ...
... told me that one day M. de Grammont , who , at the Palais Royal , was considered as one of the family , ( having espoused one of the Cardinal's nieces , ) and who , of course , possessed the liberty of free entry at all times , broke in ...
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