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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... 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 care . Unfortunately , a coun ...
... 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 care . Unfortunately , a coun ...
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... Court of Christina Queen of Sweden , who wished to induce him to remain at Stockholm . This , however , he declined , and returning to France , pub- lished a variety of works , which raised him to a distinguish- ed place in the republic ...
... Court of Christina Queen of Sweden , who wished to induce him to remain at Stockholm . This , however , he declined , and returning to France , pub- lished a variety of works , which raised him to a distinguish- ed place in the republic ...
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... the Portuguese mer- chants , who no longer entertained any doubt , that he was in high favour at court , lent 5 or 6000 • When one is drawn out , another is never wanting . crowns , of which he stood in the greatest need 72 TABLE - TALK .
... the Portuguese mer- chants , who no longer entertained any doubt , that he was in high favour at court , lent 5 or 6000 • When one is drawn out , another is never wanting . crowns , of which he stood in the greatest need 72 TABLE - TALK .
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... Court of the Emperor Ferdinand , used to bleed copiously at the nose whenever he heard a cat mew . The information contained in this article , is probably new to our northern readers . VIGNEUL MARVILLIANA . [ THE very interesting ...
... Court of the Emperor Ferdinand , used to bleed copiously at the nose whenever he heard a cat mew . The information contained in this article , is probably new to our northern readers . VIGNEUL MARVILLIANA . [ THE very interesting ...
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... court of Ptolemy Euergetes II . , those who guarded the passages of the Arabian Gulf , brought to him an Indian , whom they had found on board a vessel , and that the prince , having caused him to be instructed in Greek , learn- ed that ...
... court of Ptolemy Euergetes II . , those who guarded the passages of the Arabian Gulf , brought to him an Indian , whom they had found on board a vessel , and that the prince , having caused him to be instructed in Greek , learn- ed that ...
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