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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... wife . At last she 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 ...
... wife . At last she 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 ...
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... ordinary mistakes which take place * Brantome , in his Life of the Marechal de Strozzi , re- lates the same story of the wife of Brusquet and Catharine of Medici . in printing , there are others which are some- times 22 TABLE - TALK .
... ordinary mistakes which take place * Brantome , in his Life of the Marechal de Strozzi , re- lates the same story of the wife of Brusquet and Catharine of Medici . in printing , there are others which are some- times 22 TABLE - TALK .
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... wife behind him , applied to him Horace's line— " Post equitem sedet atra cura . ” * L. MALHERBE . Malherbe , at the age of seventy , wishing to revenge the death of his son , who had fallen in a duel with M. D sent a challenge to that ...
... wife behind him , applied to him Horace's line— " Post equitem sedet atra cura . ” * L. MALHERBE . Malherbe , at the age of seventy , wishing to revenge the death of his son , who had fallen in a duel with M. D sent a challenge to that ...
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... wives , the ambassa- dor replied , " Madame , if we could find at Siam wives as handsome as yourself , we should have but one ; but as that cannot be , we must console ourselves by changing them occasionally . " LXIX . THE CANON OF ...
... wives , the ambassa- dor replied , " Madame , if we could find at Siam wives as handsome as yourself , we should have but one ; but as that cannot be , we must console ourselves by changing them occasionally . " LXIX . THE CANON OF ...
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... wife to burn his body during one of these mental excursions , his soul finding itself on its return deprived of its usual re- treat , retired for ever . Suetonius tells us , that after the violent death of Caligula , his body had been ...
... wife to burn his body during one of these mental excursions , his soul finding itself on its return deprived of its usual re- treat , retired for ever . Suetonius tells us , that after the violent death of Caligula , his body had been ...
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