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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... the servant to announce M. Racan . He was received with transport . He talked for a long time of Ma- demoiselle Gournai's works , which he had studied 1 on purpose , and took his departure , leaving 16 TABLE - TALK .
... the servant to announce M. Racan . He was received with transport . He talked for a long time of Ma- demoiselle Gournai's works , which he had studied 1 on purpose , and took his departure , leaving 16 TABLE - TALK .
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... received , had opened her eyes . LXIV . MEDICINE . Medicine has been defined to be the art or sci- ence of amusing a sick man with frivolous spe- culations about his disorder , and of temporising in- geniously till nature either kills ...
... received , had opened her eyes . LXIV . MEDICINE . Medicine has been defined to be the art or sci- ence of amusing a sick man with frivolous spe- culations about his disorder , and of temporising in- geniously till nature either kills ...
Page 53
... signification , fortune , duration , decay , and extinc- tion of each word . Never would the language and antiquities of Rome have received a more effectual support , or a more certain preservative against the influence £ 2 HUETIANA . 53.
... signification , fortune , duration , decay , and extinc- tion of each word . Never would the language and antiquities of Rome have received a more effectual support , or a more certain preservative against the influence £ 2 HUETIANA . 53.
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... received them from the Moors , the Moors from the Arabs , and the Arabs from the Indians . I agree with the supposition , that Spain received them from the Moors , and the Moors from the Arabs ; but I cannot admit that the Arabs recei ...
... received them from the Moors , the Moors from the Arabs , and the Arabs from the Indians . I agree with the supposition , that Spain received them from the Moors , and the Moors from the Arabs ; but I cannot admit that the Arabs recei ...
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... received his own corrections , has the character of be- ing more accurate than most works of this class . It contains many valuable corrections of the mistakes of some of its predecessors , and exhibits a very judicious mixture of ...
... received his own corrections , has the character of be- ing more accurate than most works of this class . It contains many valuable corrections of the mistakes of some of its predecessors , and exhibits a very judicious mixture of ...
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Abbé acquaintance actor afterwards amusing answered appeared Archbishop of Lyons asked Bautru Boswell Cæsar called Cardinal CARDINAL RICHELIEU cause celebrated character church Cicero composed COUNTESS OF SUFFOLK court death devil died dinner Dr Johnson Duchess Duke English excellent father fire France French friends Garrick Gascon gentleman Greek hand horse Hume Castle John Joseph Scaliger judge Julius Cæsar King lady language Latin laugh learned letter live Lord Lord Chesterfield Louis Louis XIV Luther Madame ment mind Muretus never night observed Paris person Petrarch physician piece play poet Pope present Prince Prince of Condé Queen Racan replied Royal sent servant Sire speak story TABLE-TALK talk tell ther things thou thought tion told took tragedy translation turned verse Voltaire walked wife words write written wrote