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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... head of Johnsoniana ; and a few selections from the valuable , but imperfectly known Omniana of Southey , close the ex- tracts from the English Ana . EDINBURGH , July 1827 . TABLE - TALK . PART I. FRENCH . B TABLE X PREFACE .
... head of Johnsoniana ; and a few selections from the valuable , but imperfectly known Omniana of Southey , close the ex- tracts from the English Ana . EDINBURGH , July 1827 . TABLE - TALK . PART I. FRENCH . B TABLE X PREFACE .
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... Head has been applying for it . " VIII . ADAM . An advocate of Thoulouse , named Adam , was in the habit of composing the speeches delivered by the Advocate General ; but having on one occasion fallen sick , the Advocate General was ...
... Head has been applying for it . " VIII . ADAM . An advocate of Thoulouse , named Adam , was in the habit of composing the speeches delivered by the Advocate General ; but having on one occasion fallen sick , the Advocate General was ...
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... used to say of Mondori , " The fellow gives himself airs , forsooth , because he is so tall and stout , that one can hardly beat him from head to foot in a day . " XL . CIPHERS . The Arabian numerals , 1 , 30 TABLE - TALK .
... used to say of Mondori , " The fellow gives himself airs , forsooth , because he is so tall and stout , that one can hardly beat him from head to foot in a day . " XL . CIPHERS . The Arabian numerals , 1 , 30 TABLE - TALK .
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... head at the siege of Rochelle , by a musket ball , the surgeons , as they applied the first dressing , told him the wound was very dangerous , and that they saw the brain distinctly . " Ah ! " said he , " gentlemen , do take out a ...
... head at the siege of Rochelle , by a musket ball , the surgeons , as they applied the first dressing , told him the wound was very dangerous , and that they saw the brain distinctly . " Ah ! " said he , " gentlemen , do take out a ...
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... head on the pillow , " that is too much ! " LVIII . LOUIS XIV . AND SPINOLA . Louis XIV . , grave and dignified as he was , could not restrain the joy he felt on the birth of the Duke of Burgundy , on the 6th of August 1682 . He refused ...
... head on the pillow , " that is too much ! " LVIII . LOUIS XIV . AND SPINOLA . Louis XIV . , grave and dignified as he was , could not restrain the joy he felt on the birth of the Duke of Burgundy , on the 6th of August 1682 . He refused ...
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