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... Galiani 24. Epitaph in the Churchyard of Moreton - in - Marsh . 147 • 26. Pigs , Kings , and Monks 25. Sedan - chairs 148 149 · 27. Etiquette on the Scaffold 150 28. Miscellaneous Points in the History of the Sciences 151 29. Blue ...
... Galiani 24. Epitaph in the Churchyard of Moreton - in - Marsh . 147 • 26. Pigs , Kings , and Monks 25. Sedan - chairs 148 149 · 27. Etiquette on the Scaffold 150 28. Miscellaneous Points in the History of the Sciences 151 29. Blue ...
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... GALIANI ; A WITTY POLITICAL ECONOMIST ! An impertinent Frenchman of the last century seri- ously put this question ; " Est ce qu'un Allemand peut avoir de l'esprit ? " With better reason , some people may ask , was there ever a witty ...
... GALIANI ; A WITTY POLITICAL ECONOMIST ! An impertinent Frenchman of the last century seri- ously put this question ; " Est ce qu'un Allemand peut avoir de l'esprit ? " With better reason , some people may ask , was there ever a witty ...
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... Galiani's witty revenge , ) sternly forbade him to recite it . All those pedantic and puerile conclaves were open to ridicule on a hundred sides ; but a lucky coincidence afforded Galiani a most stinging point . It was the tiresome ...
... Galiani's witty revenge , ) sternly forbade him to recite it . All those pedantic and puerile conclaves were open to ridicule on a hundred sides ; but a lucky coincidence afforded Galiani a most stinging point . It was the tiresome ...
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... Galiani a canonry which was worth four hundred ducats a - year . 99 His admirable talent for business as well as for con- versation recommended Galiani to a congenial spirit , the witty Marquis of Caracciolo , at whose request ( in 1765 ) ...
... Galiani a canonry which was worth four hundred ducats a - year . 99 His admirable talent for business as well as for con- versation recommended Galiani to a congenial spirit , the witty Marquis of Caracciolo , at whose request ( in 1765 ) ...
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... Galiani , without being at all disturbed by this , said to Louis , " Sire , vous voyez à present l'échantillon du secrétaire , le secrétaire vient après . " The readiness of his repartees , his searching sarcasms , the originality and ...
... Galiani , without being at all disturbed by this , said to Louis , " Sire , vous voyez à present l'échantillon du secrétaire , le secrétaire vient après . " The readiness of his repartees , his searching sarcasms , the originality and ...
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