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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... turning to his friends , " if I survive , I shall write a tremendous satire against the hiccup . " His friends certainly expected some very different resolution . A little before his death , seeing his relatives and servants in tears ...
... turning to his friends , " if I survive , I shall write a tremendous satire against the hiccup . " His friends certainly expected some very different resolution . A little before his death , seeing his relatives and servants in tears ...
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... turned into elegant verse the prose of Rabelais , believing him really to have been the author of the tale . It has been also very ele- gantly versified in Latin Anacreontics , by La Mon- noye himself . LII . ORACLES . A person who had ...
... turned into elegant verse the prose of Rabelais , believing him really to have been the author of the tale . It has been also very ele- gantly versified in Latin Anacreontics , by La Mon- noye himself . LII . ORACLES . A person who had ...
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... turned on some subject , which gave an opportu nity of introducing an agreeable story . When he had finished , seeing that the company , who pro- bably had not heard it , did not laugh , he turned to Menage , who was sitting near him ...
... turned on some subject , which gave an opportu nity of introducing an agreeable story . When he had finished , seeing that the company , who pro- bably had not heard it , did not laugh , he turned to Menage , who was sitting near him ...
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... turned to me , and said , " Me- thinks he places St Paul very low , and St John very high ? " - " Oh , " said I , " come and hear him on St Paul's day , and you will see that he will put St John low enough ; he will prove to you that St ...
... turned to me , and said , " Me- thinks he places St Paul very low , and St John very high ? " - " Oh , " said I , " come and hear him on St Paul's day , and you will see that he will put St John low enough ; he will prove to you that St ...
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... turning the lower semicircle from left to right . The 6 has been formed from the 5 , by rounding the bottom , and retrenching the top part . The 7 has been formed from the Z , by cutting off the base . If we connect the four corners of ...
... turning the lower semicircle from left to right . The 6 has been formed from the 5 , by rounding the bottom , and retrenching the top part . The 7 has been formed from the Z , by cutting off the base . If we connect the four corners of ...
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