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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... celebrated Bertrand de la Monnoie in 1715 . is perhaps the most amusing of all the collections of Ana , from the varied and discursive information which it embodies , and the happy mixture of wit , humour , and comic narrative , with ...
... celebrated Bertrand de la Monnoie in 1715 . is perhaps the most amusing of all the collections of Ana , from the varied and discursive information which it embodies , and the happy mixture of wit , humour , and comic narrative , with ...
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... celebrated Jurisconsult at the Papal Court at Avignon , about the middle of the fourteenth century , was in possession of the two books of Cicero de Gloria . He presented them to Petrarch , who valued them highly , and perused them with ...
... celebrated Jurisconsult at the Papal Court at Avignon , about the middle of the fourteenth century , was in possession of the two books of Cicero de Gloria . He presented them to Petrarch , who valued them highly , and perused them with ...
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... celebrated verse which has become prover- bial , - " Incidit in Scyllam cupiens vitare Charybdim . " It has subsequently been discovered , that it is D the production of Gualtier de Lille , as had been MENAGIANA . 37.
... celebrated verse which has become prover- bial , - " Incidit in Scyllam cupiens vitare Charybdim . " It has subsequently been discovered , that it is D the production of Gualtier de Lille , as had been MENAGIANA . 37.
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... celebrated English poet , compo- sed , in excellent Latin verse , a panegyric upon Cromwell during his Protectorate . Charles II . being restored in 1660 , Waller went to present to him some verses he had composed in his praise . The ...
... celebrated English poet , compo- sed , in excellent Latin verse , a panegyric upon Cromwell during his Protectorate . Charles II . being restored in 1660 , Waller went to present to him some verses he had composed in his praise . The ...
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... celebrated for the beauty of his handwriting . The whole was then finely bound . Two copies exactly alike were formed , and each inclosed in a covering of Spanish leather . This was the present which Julia found on her toilet on New ...
... celebrated for the beauty of his handwriting . The whole was then finely bound . Two copies exactly alike were formed , and each inclosed in a covering of Spanish leather . This was the present which Julia found on her toilet on New ...
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