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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... valet - de- chambre , he found two bottles of wine , which the servant had placed there in order to quench his thirst during the night . He immediately concei- 1 ved they were poison , and forced him to 24 TABLE - TALK .
... valet - de- chambre , he found two bottles of wine , which the servant had placed there in order to quench his thirst during the night . He immediately concei- 1 ved they were poison , and forced him to 24 TABLE - TALK .
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... SERVANTS . In France , servants always walk before their masters . It is otherwise in Italy . Masters walk before their servants in summer , on account of the dust , and in winter behind them , on account of the badness of the roads ...
... SERVANTS . In France , servants always walk before their masters . It is otherwise in Italy . Masters walk before their servants in summer , on account of the dust , and in winter behind them , on account of the badness of the roads ...
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... servants in tears ; " My children , " said he , " you will never weep so heartily as I have made you laugh . " XLV . PERIPATETIC PHILOSOPHY . The worst parts in the Peripatetic Philosophy are not the work of Aristotle , but of his ...
... servants in tears ; " My children , " said he , " you will never weep so heartily as I have made you laugh . " XLV . PERIPATETIC PHILOSOPHY . The worst parts in the Peripatetic Philosophy are not the work of Aristotle , but of his ...
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... servant , for whom she had taken a fancy , was industrious , and well acquainted with her husband's trade . The Curé's answer was , that she ought to marry him . " And yet , " said the widow , " I am afraid to do it ; for when we marry ...
... servant , for whom she had taken a fancy , was industrious , and well acquainted with her husband's trade . The Curé's answer was , that she ought to marry him . " And yet , " said the widow , " I am afraid to do it ; for when we marry ...
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... servant told him he had been to market , and could find no fish but a salmon , which he had not ventured to take , because it had been bespoken by a counsel- lor . The Canon , placing his purse in his hand , replied , " There - go back ...
... servant told him he had been to market , and could find no fish but a salmon , which he had not ventured to take , because it had been bespoken by a counsel- lor . The Canon , placing his purse in his hand , replied , " There - go back ...
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