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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... afterwards was ap- pointed to the Priory of Montdidier , to the emoluments de- rived from which , was afterwards added a pension from Car- dinal Mazarin . He died in July 1692 . It The Menagiana , which is the work by which this learned ...
... afterwards was ap- pointed to the Priory of Montdidier , to the emoluments de- rived from which , was afterwards added a pension from Car- dinal Mazarin . He died in July 1692 . It The Menagiana , which is the work by which this learned ...
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... afterwards in- troduced to the King , with whom he talked of the beauties of the palace , and of the choice which he had made of a librarian . He told him he had im- mediately perceived that he was no common per- son , and that , in his ...
... afterwards in- troduced to the King , with whom he talked of the beauties of the palace , and of the choice which he had made of a librarian . He told him he had im- mediately perceived that he was no common per- son , and that , in his ...
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... afterwards distinguished him more than ever by his favour . XXVI . CARDINAL RICHELIEU . Richelieu was extremely suspicious . Desnoyers , his valet - de - chambre , was the only person allow- ed to sleep in his apartment , or to awaken ...
... afterwards distinguished him more than ever by his favour . XXVI . CARDINAL RICHELIEU . Richelieu was extremely suspicious . Desnoyers , his valet - de - chambre , was the only person allow- ed to sleep in his apartment , or to awaken ...
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... afterwards , without giving Petrarch any in- The whole of this story is proved to be a mistake by Bayle ; Article Alcyonius . Varillas , in his Louis XI . , was the author of this calumny . Philelphus never wrote a Trea- tise De ...
... afterwards , without giving Petrarch any in- The whole of this story is proved to be a mistake by Bayle ; Article Alcyonius . Varillas , in his Louis XI . , was the author of this calumny . Philelphus never wrote a Trea- tise De ...
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... afterwards , other copies of the work of Proco- pius were found , and the imposture of Aretin was discovered . Machiavel managed matters more * This is not strictly correct , for Aretin's is not exactly a translation . He made ...
... afterwards , other copies of the work of Proco- pius were found , and the imposture of Aretin was discovered . Machiavel managed matters more * This is not strictly correct , for Aretin's is not exactly a translation . He made ...
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