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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... written on the parchment of his rackets , and per- ceived that it was a part of the Second Decade of Livy . He immediately ran to the shop of the ma- ker , who informed him that he had just used the last sheet of the manuscript . XXXVI ...
... written on the parchment of his rackets , and per- ceived that it was a part of the Second Decade of Livy . He immediately ran to the shop of the ma- ker , who informed him that he had just used the last sheet of the manuscript . XXXVI ...
Page 36
... that he preserved every 1282 . Alluding to the famous massacre of the French , in + Mademoiselle D'Orleans's dog , on whose death the Abbé Cotin composed a madrigal . letter written to him . He had left in several 36 TABLE - TALK .
... that he preserved every 1282 . Alluding to the famous massacre of the French , in + Mademoiselle D'Orleans's dog , on whose death the Abbé Cotin composed a madrigal . letter written to him . He had left in several 36 TABLE - TALK .
Page 37
... written to him . He had left in several chests in his residence at Besançon , a prodigious quantity of these letters , in different languages , all noted , quoted , and underlined with his own hand , with copies of many of his answers ...
... written to him . He had left in several chests in his residence at Besançon , a prodigious quantity of these letters , in different languages , all noted , quoted , and underlined with his own hand , with copies of many of his answers ...
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... written a Jerusalem Deli- vered on the plan of Tasso , was acquainted with 14 trades , and could not make a living by them all . Tasso was reduced to such extremity , that he was obliged to borrow a crown from a friend for his week's ...
... written a Jerusalem Deli- vered on the plan of Tasso , was acquainted with 14 trades , and could not make a living by them all . Tasso was reduced to such extremity , that he was obliged to borrow a crown from a friend for his week's ...
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... written more ; for he left 70 volumes of his own composition , almost all written in Latin . He was a critic , terrible both in heaven and earth . He has dethroned more saints than any ten Popes have ever canonized . He investigated the ...
... written more ; for he left 70 volumes of his own composition , almost all written in Latin . He was a critic , terrible both in heaven and earth . He has dethroned more saints than any ten Popes have ever canonized . He investigated the ...
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