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Page 11
... the matter of title - pages from our German doctor . Both the elder Pliny , in the Dedication of his ' Natural History ' to Prince Titus , the son of the Emperor Ves- pasian , and Aulus Gellius , in the Preface to UPON TABLE - TALK . 11.
... the matter of title - pages from our German doctor . Both the elder Pliny , in the Dedication of his ' Natural History ' to Prince Titus , the son of the Emperor Ves- pasian , and Aulus Gellius , in the Preface to UPON TABLE - TALK . 11.
Page 12
... Aulus Gellius , who probably flourished in the second century of our era , although made up , in the greater part , of critical observations on books , are still sufficiently general and miscellaneous to be reckoned in the class 12 AN ...
... Aulus Gellius , who probably flourished in the second century of our era , although made up , in the greater part , of critical observations on books , are still sufficiently general and miscellaneous to be reckoned in the class 12 AN ...
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... Aulus Gel- lius . There is a curious coincidence also , it may be remarked , between this title inscribed upon his ... Gellius , from whom he has undoubtedly pilfered libe rally , as he has also done from other writers ; though he has ...
... Aulus Gel- lius . There is a curious coincidence also , it may be remarked , between this title inscribed upon his ... Gellius , from whom he has undoubtedly pilfered libe rally , as he has also done from other writers ; though he has ...
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... Aulus Gellius , so Pliny's ape is a like title of honour that has been con- ferred upon C. Julius Solinus , who probably lived about a century before him , and who is the compiler of a con- fused miscellany of facts and remarks on all ...
... Aulus Gellius , so Pliny's ape is a like title of honour that has been con- ferred upon C. Julius Solinus , who probably lived about a century before him , and who is the compiler of a con- fused miscellany of facts and remarks on all ...
Page 19
... Aulus Gellius , Seneca , Pliny , and Boethius . To every tale a moralization is subjoined , reducing it into a Christian or moral lesson . " The first printed edition of the ' Gesta Romanorum ' UPON TABLE - TALK . 19.
... Aulus Gellius , Seneca , Pliny , and Boethius . To every tale a moralization is subjoined , reducing it into a Christian or moral lesson . " The first printed edition of the ' Gesta Romanorum ' UPON TABLE - TALK . 19.
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