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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... soon after- wards acquired the particular friendship of Cardinal de Retz , he accepted of a situation in the household of that prelate , where he continued to enjoy the sweets of study and retired leisure , with such an admixture of ...
... soon after- wards acquired the particular friendship of Cardinal de Retz , he accepted of a situation in the household of that prelate , where he continued to enjoy the sweets of study and retired leisure , with such an admixture of ...
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... soon as Angely perceived him , “ You are just come in time , " said he , “ to assist me . I was begin- ning to feel tired of being alone . " It is inconcei- vable how much Bautru was annoyed by the re- mark . XXII . INTENTIONAL ERRATA ...
... soon as Angely perceived him , “ You are just come in time , " said he , “ to assist me . I was begin- ning to feel tired of being alone . " It is inconcei- vable how much Bautru was annoyed by the re- mark . XXII . INTENTIONAL ERRATA ...
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... soon as Angely perceived him , " You are just come in time , " said he , " to assist me . I was begin- ning to feel tired of being alone . " It is inconcei- vable how much Bautru was annoyed by the re- mark . XXII . INTENTIONAL ERRATA ...
... soon as Angely perceived him , " You are just come in time , " said he , " to assist me . I was begin- ning to feel tired of being alone . " It is inconcei- vable how much Bautru was annoyed by the re- mark . XXII . INTENTIONAL ERRATA ...
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... soon imported them from the Spaniards . The first Greek writer by whom they are used , is Planudes , in a work which he dedicated to Michael Paleologus , in 1370. Thus the Greeks borrowed not from the Arabs , but from the Latins . The ...
... soon imported them from the Spaniards . The first Greek writer by whom they are used , is Planudes , in a work which he dedicated to Michael Paleologus , in 1370. Thus the Greeks borrowed not from the Arabs , but from the Latins . The ...
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... soon as they can manage their wings , they hasten to use them , and to fly about in the air . Then spreading themselves on all sides , and entering in- to the human body by respiration , they carry thi- ther the same venom by which they ...
... soon as they can manage their wings , they hasten to use them , and to fly about in the air . Then spreading themselves on all sides , and entering in- to the human body by respiration , they carry thi- ther the same venom by which they ...
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