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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... person than Julius Cæsar , while another collection of his good things , we are told by Quinctilian , was made by a freedman under the title , De Jo- cis Ciceronis . Quinctilian himself has fa- voured us with not a few specimens of the ...
... person than Julius Cæsar , while another collection of his good things , we are told by Quinctilian , was made by a freedman under the title , De Jo- cis Ciceronis . Quinctilian himself has fa- voured us with not a few specimens of the ...
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... persons , in the style of the Poggiana , and the collection attributed to Æneas Syl- vius Piccolomini ; and nearly one half of the tales of Sacchetti are composed of anecdotes of this kind . The Facetice of Poggio , how- ever , is the ...
... persons , in the style of the Poggiana , and the collection attributed to Æneas Syl- vius Piccolomini ; and nearly one half of the tales of Sacchetti are composed of anecdotes of this kind . The Facetice of Poggio , how- ever , is the ...
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... person who had been sent for the purpose of insulting her , now lost all temper , and pulling off her slipper ... persons were once B 2 MENAGIANA . 17.
... person who had been sent for the purpose of insulting her , now lost all temper , and pulling off her slipper ... persons were once B 2 MENAGIANA . 17.
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... persons were once engaged in an argu- ment . " Suppose , " said one of them , " that you owe me two thousand crowns . " " I wish , " replied the other , " that you would suppose some other hypothesis . " VII . M. MARTINON . M. Martinon ...
... persons were once engaged in an argu- ment . " Suppose , " said one of them , " that you owe me two thousand crowns . " " I wish , " replied the other , " that you would suppose some other hypothesis . " VII . M. MARTINON . M. Martinon ...
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... person who will give you immortality ; but you must give him something to live upon in the meantime . " XIV . THE CURATE OF ANJOU . A curate in Anjou , a man of very disorderly habits , had a quarrel with a sergeant of the neigh ...
... person who will give you immortality ; but you must give him something to live upon in the meantime . " XIV . THE CURATE OF ANJOU . A curate in Anjou , a man of very disorderly habits , had a quarrel with a sergeant of the neigh ...
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