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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... seems to have been not less general . Of the older works of this class little is 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 ...
... seems to have been not less general . Of the older works of this class little is 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 ...
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... seems to have been led to this step principally by the facilities for study , which this profession afforded , for he now directed his whole attention to literature ; and having soon after- wards acquired the particular friendship of ...
... seems to have been led to this step principally by the facilities for study , which this profession afforded , for he now directed his whole attention to literature ; and having soon after- wards acquired the particular friendship of ...
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... seems to treat the matter lightly Very probably he thinks a nose is of no conse- quence . " XXVIII . THE ARCHBISHOP OF LYONS . The Archbishop of Lyons had his hands com- pletely distorted and disfigured by the gout . He was once engaged ...
... seems to treat the matter lightly Very probably he thinks a nose is of no conse- quence . " XXVIII . THE ARCHBISHOP OF LYONS . The Archbishop of Lyons had his hands com- pletely distorted and disfigured by the gout . He was once engaged ...
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... seems to have very happily surmounted or eluded it . Iris , aimable Iris , honneur de la Vous pleurez votre chat plus que nous Et fussiez vous , je pense , au fond de la On entendroit de là vos cris jusqu'à Bourgogne , Philipsbourg ...
... seems to have very happily surmounted or eluded it . Iris , aimable Iris , honneur de la Vous pleurez votre chat plus que nous Et fussiez vous , je pense , au fond de la On entendroit de là vos cris jusqu'à Bourgogne , Philipsbourg ...
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... brought to perfection ; but the greater part of which they have deteriorated and * The story of Jonah would seem to be as german to that of Hercules . altered . The numeral characters which they bor- rowed from 54 TABLE - TALK .
... brought to perfection ; but the greater part of which they have deteriorated and * The story of Jonah would seem to be as german to that of Hercules . altered . The numeral characters which they bor- rowed from 54 TABLE - TALK .
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