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 26
... character of the Italians , Spaniards , and Greeks , it has been said , That one ought to write in Italian , boast in Spanish , and cheat in Greek . XXXII . RETURNING THANKS . Nothing is more difficult than to return thanks neatly ...
... character of the Italians , Spaniards , and Greeks , it has been said , That one ought to write in Italian , boast in Spanish , and cheat in Greek . XXXII . RETURNING THANKS . Nothing is more difficult than to return thanks neatly ...
Page 27
... character of the Italians , Spaniards , and Greeks , it has been said , That one ought to write in Italian , boast in Spanish , and cheat in Greek . XXXII . RETURNING THANKS . Nothing is more difficult than to return thanks neatly ...
... character of the Italians , Spaniards , and Greeks , it has been said , That one ought to write in Italian , boast in Spanish , and cheat in Greek . XXXII . RETURNING THANKS . Nothing is more difficult than to return thanks neatly ...
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... character of the Italians , Spaniards , and Greeks , it has been said , That one ought to write in Italian , boast in Spanish , and cheat in Greek . XXXII . RETURNING THANKS . Nothing is more difficult than to return thanks neatly ...
... character of the Italians , Spaniards , and Greeks , it has been said , That one ought to write in Italian , boast in Spanish , and cheat in Greek . XXXII . RETURNING THANKS . Nothing is more difficult than to return thanks neatly ...
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... character . His lively imagination furnishes him . with a profusion of images on every subject , which he groups into that abundance of agreeable meta- phors , in which he is unequalled by any other writer . It is his favourite figure ...
... character . His lively imagination furnishes him . with a profusion of images on every subject , which he groups into that abundance of agreeable meta- phors , in which he is unequalled by any other writer . It is his favourite figure ...
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... characters in use among us , have been introduced into Europe through Spain ; that Spain 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 ...
... characters in use among us , have been introduced into Europe through Spain ; that Spain 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 ...
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