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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... gave their servants . One of them observed that he gave his maître d'hotel a hundred pistoles ; a se- cond , that he allowed his six hundred ; “ And I , ” said one , 66 I go far beyond either of you , for I al- low mine four thousand ...
... gave their servants . One of them observed that he gave his maître d'hotel a hundred pistoles ; a se- cond , that he allowed his six hundred ; “ And I , ” said one , 66 I go far beyond either of you , for I al- low mine four thousand ...
Page 28
... gave rise to a sus- picion , that Pietro Alcionio , physician to the con- vent , a person not particularly scrupulous , and to whom they had allowed the use of their library , might have carried off the manuscript , particularly as in ...
... gave rise to a sus- picion , that Pietro Alcionio , physician to the con- vent , a person not particularly scrupulous , and to whom they had allowed the use of their library , might have carried off the manuscript , particularly as in ...
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... gave to the Swiss ambassadors , after the speaker had con- cluded his address , the Queen asked of Melson , Menage must have forgot himself ; for , in his Anti- Baillet , ch . xii . Vol . I. he shows clearly that the MS . of Quinctilian ...
... gave to the Swiss ambassadors , after the speaker had con- cluded his address , the Queen asked of Melson , Menage must have forgot himself ; for , in his Anti- Baillet , ch . xii . Vol . I. he shows clearly that the MS . of Quinctilian ...
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... gave enter- tainments to authors . His fancy was to place them at table , each according to the size and thick- ness of the volumes they had published , commen- cing with the folio authors , and proceeding through the quarto and octavo ...
... gave enter- tainments to authors . His fancy was to place them at table , each according to the size and thick- ness of the volumes they had published , commen- cing with the folio authors , and proceeding through the quarto and octavo ...
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... gave an opportu- nity of introducing an agreeable story . When he had finished , seeing that the company , who pro- bably had not heard it , did not laugh , he turned to Menage , who was sitting near him , and said , " I see plainly ...
... gave an opportu- nity of introducing an agreeable story . When he had finished , seeing that the company , who pro- bably had not heard it , did not laugh , he turned to Menage , who was sitting near him , and said , " I see plainly ...
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