Table-talk; Or, Selections from the Ana: Containing Extracts from the Different Collections of Ana, French, English, Italian, and German. With Bibliographical Notices |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 40
Page viii
... 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 of Boccaccio are merely ...
... 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 of Boccaccio are merely ...
Page xv
... less modified by natural ha- bits , and the state of human knowledge , in the Nasr Eddin , the Bassiri , and Teudai ... less a person than Julius Cćsar , while another collection of his good things , we are told by Quinctilian , was made ...
... less modified by natural ha- bits , and the state of human knowledge , in the Nasr Eddin , the Bassiri , and Teudai ... less a person than Julius Cćsar , while another collection of his good things , we are told by Quinctilian , was made ...
Page xv
... 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 of Boccaccio are merely ...
... 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 of Boccaccio are merely ...
Page xv
... 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 of Boccaccio are merely ...
... 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 of Boccaccio are merely ...
Page 27
... less eloquent or admirable than in his other productions . Raimond Soranzo , a celebrated Jurisconsult at the Papal Court at Avignon , about the middle of the fourteenth century , was in possession of the two books of Cicero de Gloria ...
... less eloquent or admirable than in his other productions . Raimond Soranzo , a celebrated Jurisconsult at the Papal Court at Avignon , about the middle of the fourteenth century , was in possession of the two books of Cicero de Gloria ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abbé actor advocate afterwards amusing answered appeared Archbishop of Lyons asked Bautru Boswell called carbuncle Cardinal CARDINAL RICHELIEU Castle Castle of Otranto cause celebrated character child church Cicero comic COUNTESS OF SUFFOLK court death devil died dinner Dr Johnson Duchess Duke excellent father fire France French friends Garrick Gascon gentleman Greek hand History of Paraguay horse Hume Castle Italian Joseph Scaliger judge Julius Cćsar King lady language Latin laugh learned letter live Lord Louis XIV Luther Madame never night observed Paris perceive person Petrarch physician piece play Poggio present Prince Prince of Condé Queen Racan replied Rome seen sent servant Sire soon speak spirit story TABLE-TALK talk ther thing thou thought tion told took tragedy translation turn verse Voltaire walking wife words write wrote