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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Page 27
... excellent . The Treatise De Gloria was found entire by Philelphus . He considered this fortunate disco- very only as a means of gaining credit in the world , and acquiring reputation . With this view , he first contemplated publishing ...
... excellent . The Treatise De Gloria was found entire by Philelphus . He considered this fortunate disco- very only as a means of gaining credit in the world , and acquiring reputation . With this view , he first contemplated publishing ...
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... 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 King read them , and told him he had compo ...
... 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 King read them , and told him he had compo ...
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... excellent painter . Beneath each picture he made the artist leave sufficient space to write a madrigal on the subject of the flower , and in praise of Julia . He prevailed on all the wits of the time , most of whom were his personal ...
... excellent painter . Beneath each picture he made the artist leave sufficient space to write a madrigal on the subject of the flower , and in praise of Julia . He prevailed on all the wits of the time , most of whom were his personal ...
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... excellent book on the Conso- lations of Philosophy . Grotius wrote in prison his Commentary on St. Matthew . Buchanan , in the dungeons of a Portuguese monastery , compo- sed his beautiful paraphrase of the Psalms of Da- vid , which ...
... excellent book on the Conso- lations of Philosophy . Grotius wrote in prison his Commentary on St. Matthew . Buchanan , in the dungeons of a Portuguese monastery , compo- sed his beautiful paraphrase of the Psalms of Da- vid , which ...
Page 97
... excellent re- medy . The dispute was not confined to the circle of the faculty , and it became general in Paris ; the Parliament and the Sorbonne took part in it , but in a short time all doubts were at an end , the wonderful effects of ...
... excellent re- medy . The dispute was not confined to the circle of the faculty , and it became general in Paris ; the Parliament and the Sorbonne took part in it , but in a short time all doubts were at an end , the wonderful effects of ...
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