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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... known ; though there is every reason to think that the Facetic and Poggiana of Poggio were by no means the earliest works of the kind . Many of the novels of Boccaccio are merely repartees and remarks attributed to celebra- ted persons ...
... known ; though there is every reason to think that the Facetic and Poggiana of Poggio were by no means the earliest works of the kind . Many of the novels of Boccaccio are merely repartees and remarks attributed to celebra- ted persons ...
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... the 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 .
... the 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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... known in England , appeared at first in an imperfect shape soon after his death , in 1693 , but was afterwards enlarged , corrected , and republished in four vo- lumes , by the celebrated Bertrand de la Monnoie in 1715 . is perhaps the ...
... known in England , appeared at first in an imperfect shape soon after his death , in 1693 , but was afterwards enlarged , corrected , and republished in four vo- lumes , by the celebrated Bertrand de la Monnoie in 1715 . is perhaps the ...
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... known each other so long , and yet that I don't know whereabouts your abbey lies . " " What ! " said the abbé , " don't you know ? It is within your county . " XVI . AN AGREEABLE ANTAGONIST . We are never so well pleased with an anta ...
... known each other so long , and yet that I don't know whereabouts your abbey lies . " " What ! " said the abbé , " don't you know ? It is within your county . " XVI . AN AGREEABLE ANTAGONIST . We are never so well pleased with an anta ...
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... known long before they were introduced by Machiavel in his Life of Castruc- cio . Machiavel has merely done what Manso has done in his Life of Tasso . adroitly in a similar affair . A manuscript of Plu- 28 TABLE - TALK .
... known long before they were introduced by Machiavel in his Life of Castruc- cio . Machiavel has merely done what Manso has done in his Life of Tasso . adroitly in a similar affair . A manuscript of Plu- 28 TABLE - TALK .
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