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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Page 45
... walked on . M. de la Rochefoucault began to laugh , and at the same time prepared to address him again . " Is it not enough , " said M. de Bran- " that I have said ' God help you ' already ? — These beggars are the most troublesome ...
... walked on . M. de la Rochefoucault began to laugh , and at the same time prepared to address him again . " Is it not enough , " said M. de Bran- " that I have said ' God help you ' already ? — These beggars are the most troublesome ...
Page 46
... it was his daughter that he held , he threw her from him , and walked out of the room . For- tunately the gouvernante saved her life by recei- ving her in her arms . HUETIANA . [ Pierre Daniel Huet , the author of 46 TABLE - TALK .
... it was his daughter that he held , he threw her from him , and walked out of the room . For- tunately the gouvernante saved her life by recei- ving her in her arms . HUETIANA . [ Pierre Daniel Huet , the author of 46 TABLE - TALK .
Page 69
... walked down stairs immediately , and returned in a few minutes with the account , to which he had added at the bottom , " Item , ten crowns to make up the hundred . " This puts me in mind of an anecdote of Ismael Bouillan , who had been ...
... walked down stairs immediately , and returned in a few minutes with the account , to which he had added at the bottom , " Item , ten crowns to make up the hundred . " This puts me in mind of an anecdote of Ismael Bouillan , who had been ...
Page 133
... walked quietly down the pulpit stairs , " my friends , I pity you , for you have lost a fine dis- course . " CCXLVIII . THE CHOICE OF WEAPONS . A gentleman of Bourdeaux had grossly insult- ed a cavalry officer . The officer resolved to ...
... walked quietly down the pulpit stairs , " my friends , I pity you , for you have lost a fine dis- course . " CCXLVIII . THE CHOICE OF WEAPONS . A gentleman of Bourdeaux had grossly insult- ed a cavalry officer . The officer resolved to ...
Page 135
... , as if he had been a connoisseur - muttered between his teeth- measured what had been erected - walked with great gravity across - and seemed to be engaged in an elaborate criticism of the whole . Frère Ro- GASCONIANA . 135.
... , as if he had been a connoisseur - muttered between his teeth- measured what had been erected - walked with great gravity across - and seemed to be engaged in an elaborate criticism of the whole . Frère Ro- GASCONIANA . 135.
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