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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... cause of this error was , that Julius Celsus was the author of the Life of Julius Cæsar , which is prefixed to some copies of the Commentaries . XXXIV . CICERO . We have great reason to regret the loss of the Treatises of Cicero , De ...
... cause of this error was , that Julius Celsus was the author of the Life of Julius Cæsar , which is prefixed to some copies of the Commentaries . XXXIV . CICERO . We have great reason to regret the loss of the Treatises of Cicero , De ...
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... caused the death of several persons . He never allowed any one to look at it without challenging him on the spot . Having quarrelled with Mondori , the actor , he forbade him to make his appearance on the stage , on pain of his ...
... caused the death of several persons . He never allowed any one to look at it without challenging him on the spot . Having quarrelled with Mondori , the actor , he forbade him to make his appearance on the stage , on pain of his ...
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... causes of this celebrity which he has enjoyed du- ring the last century , and which he still possesses ; for he is , as it were , the breviary of indolent and ignorant men of letters , anxious to acquire some slight acquaintance with ...
... causes of this celebrity which he has enjoyed du- ring the last century , and which he still possesses ; for he is , as it were , the breviary of indolent and ignorant men of letters , anxious to acquire some slight acquaintance with ...
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... causing terror and consternation . The Greeks believe that these bo- dies are delivered over to the power of the devil , who preserves and animates them , and employs them to torment mankind . Father Richard , * Jesuit Missionary to ...
... causing terror and consternation . The Greeks believe that these bo- dies are delivered over to the power of the devil , who preserves and animates them , and employs them to torment mankind . Father Richard , * Jesuit Missionary to ...
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... cause of this prefer- ence is , that it corresponds with the number of our fingers , in which all men are accustomed to reckon from their infancy . They count , in the first place , the number of their fingers . When the nnits exceed ...
... cause of this prefer- ence is , that it corresponds with the number of our fingers , in which all men are accustomed to reckon from their infancy . They count , in the first place , the number of their fingers . When the nnits exceed ...
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