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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... thing , " said M. de Bautru , " that the Friars of the Minimes eat nothing but fish , and yet that they always smell of shoulder of mutton . X. M. LAUNOI . It is rather odd that Launoi , who was so ex- pert at discovering the dates of ...
... thing , " said M. de Bautru , " that the Friars of the Minimes eat nothing but fish , and yet that they always smell of shoulder of mutton . X. M. LAUNOI . It is rather odd that Launoi , who was so ex- pert at discovering the dates of ...
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... things of the Ancients . Quinctilian was redeemed from the hands of a parchment - maker at Basle , during the sitting of the Council there . And it is the only manuscript of the original which has yet been seen . * The gover- nor of the ...
... things of the Ancients . Quinctilian was redeemed from the hands of a parchment - maker at Basle , during the sitting of the Council there . And it is the only manuscript of the original which has yet been seen . * The gover- nor of the ...
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... things of the Ancients . Quinctilian was redeemed from the hands of a parchment - maker at Basle , during the sitting of the Council there . And it is the only manuscript of the original which has yet been seen . The gover- nor of the ...
... things of the Ancients . Quinctilian was redeemed from the hands of a parchment - maker at Basle , during the sitting of the Council there . And it is the only manuscript of the original which has yet been seen . The gover- nor of the ...
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... late Duke of Orleans , the uncle of Louis XII . , in presence of his daughter . Among other things he said , that " he was a very wise and Don't take him : Don't take him . pious prince , and a man of great worth . D 2 MENAGIANA . 41.
... late Duke of Orleans , the uncle of Louis XII . , in presence of his daughter . Among other things he said , that " he was a very wise and Don't take him : Don't take him . pious prince , and a man of great worth . D 2 MENAGIANA . 41.
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... things ; but his voice was weak , and he spoke rather indistinctly . One day in a numerous company , when he was present , the conversation turned on some subject , which gave an opportu- nity of introducing an agreeable story . When he ...
... things ; but his voice was weak , and he spoke rather indistinctly . One day in a numerous company , when he was present , the conversation turned on some subject , which gave an opportu- nity of introducing an agreeable story . When he ...
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