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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... verse , a panegyric upon Cromwell during his Protectorate . Charles II . being restored in 1660 , Waller went to present to him some verses he had composed in his praise . The King read them , and told him he had compo- sed better verses ...
... verse , a panegyric upon Cromwell during his Protectorate . Charles II . being restored in 1660 , Waller went to present to him some verses he had composed in his praise . The King read them , and told him he had compo- sed better verses ...
Page 77
... he carried it to a greater extent than Lucan him- . self , as is evident from the translation of that poem which he has left us in French verse . ; CXXVII . LATE INSTRUCTION . Socrates , in his old G 2 MARVILLIANA (VIGNEUL)
... he carried it to a greater extent than Lucan him- . self , as is evident from the translation of that poem which he has left us in French verse . ; CXXVII . LATE INSTRUCTION . Socrates , in his old G 2 MARVILLIANA (VIGNEUL)
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... verses in squares and highways , to gain his bread . Plautus , the co- mic poet , lived by turning a mill - wheel . Xelander sold , for a little broth , his Commentary upon Dion Cassius . Aldus Manutius was so poor that he was rendered ...
... verses in squares and highways , to gain his bread . Plautus , the co- mic poet , lived by turning a mill - wheel . Xelander sold , for a little broth , his Commentary upon Dion Cassius . Aldus Manutius was so poor that he was rendered ...
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... meditations which have given birth to so many no- ble works in physics , metaphysics , and morals , and procured for him the title of the Plato of his age . CXXXVI . DYING VERSES . We have several instances of 82 TABLE - TALK .
... meditations which have given birth to so many no- ble works in physics , metaphysics , and morals , and procured for him the title of the Plato of his age . CXXXVI . DYING VERSES . We have several instances of 82 TABLE - TALK .
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... verse . Patris , a celebrated Poet of Caen , seeing himself dying , wrote those beautiful verses , so wor- thy of our attention , " Je songeois cette nuit . " Desbarreaux , who had led the life of an Epicurean , composed , before his ...
... verse . Patris , a celebrated Poet of Caen , seeing himself dying , wrote those beautiful verses , so wor- thy of our attention , " Je songeois cette nuit . " Desbarreaux , who had led the life of an Epicurean , composed , before his ...
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