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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... stories was that of the Three Racans . Two friends of the Marquis de Racan were aware that he intended waiting upon Mademoiselle de Gournai . She was of Gascony , of a temper somewhat lively and pas- sionate ; and being a woman of ...
... stories was that of the Three Racans . Two friends of the Marquis de Racan were aware that he intended waiting upon Mademoiselle de Gournai . She was of Gascony , of a temper somewhat lively and pas- sionate ; and being a woman of ...
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... story . M. de B said to him , " That cannot be , for I have a letter of the 31st , which says the contrary . " " Ah , ” replied the narrator , " but mine is of the 32d ! " XIII . IMMORTALITY . Bautru , in presenting a poet to M. d ...
... story . M. de B said to him , " That cannot be , for I have a letter of the 31st , which says the contrary . " " Ah , ” replied the narrator , " but mine is of the 32d ! " XIII . IMMORTALITY . Bautru , in presenting a poet to M. d ...
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... mistakes which take place Brantome , in his Life of the Marechal de Strozzi , re- lates the same story of the wife of Brusquet and Catharine of Medici . in printing , there are others which are some- times 22 TABLE - Talk .
... mistakes which take place Brantome , in his Life of the Marechal de Strozzi , re- lates the same story of the wife of Brusquet and Catharine of Medici . in printing , there are others which are some- times 22 TABLE - Talk .
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... preacher , asked her , as she came out of church , * A similar story is related of Quevedo , by his biogra- pher , Don Pablo Antonio de Tarsia , p . 106. Vida Ma drid , 1683 . C how she liked it ? " Is it not full MENAGIANA . 25.
... preacher , asked her , as she came out of church , * A similar story is related of Quevedo , by his biogra- pher , Don Pablo Antonio de Tarsia , p . 106. Vida Ma drid , 1683 . C how she liked it ? " Is it not full MENAGIANA . 25.
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... story is proved to be a mistake by Bayle ; Article Alcyonius . Varillas , in his Louis XI . , was the author of this calumny . Philelphus never wrote a Trea- tise De Contemptu Mundi . formation with regard to his books . Petrarch , who ...
... story is proved to be a mistake by Bayle ; Article Alcyonius . Varillas , in his Louis XI . , was the author of this calumny . Philelphus never wrote a Trea- tise De Contemptu Mundi . formation with regard to his books . Petrarch , who ...
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