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Page 11
... 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.
... 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 50
... was preserved fair and without any blemish . " As ill luck would have it , however , a Catholic prince , Ferdinand II . , was still at the head of the Empire ; and at one time certainly this hero of the Thirty Years 50 AN INTRODUCTORY TALK.
... was preserved fair and without any blemish . " As ill luck would have it , however , a Catholic prince , Ferdinand II . , was still at the head of the Empire ; and at one time certainly this hero of the Thirty Years 50 AN INTRODUCTORY TALK.
Page 57
... Prince of Carpi , he engrafted , by consent , another name upon his previous ones , and was Aldus Pius Manutius Romanus , the well - known printer . There is a reverse sort of instance in Barthelemi , se- cretary of the Duke of Ferrara ...
... Prince of Carpi , he engrafted , by consent , another name upon his previous ones , and was Aldus Pius Manutius Romanus , the well - known printer . There is a reverse sort of instance in Barthelemi , se- cretary of the Duke of Ferrara ...
Page 74
... prince who , in two assaults upon a town , had killed six men with his own hand : " Bah ! " said he , " I would have you to know that the very mattresses I sleep upon are stuffed with nothing else but the whiskers of those whom I have ...
... prince who , in two assaults upon a town , had killed six men with his own hand : " Bah ! " said he , " I would have you to know that the very mattresses I sleep upon are stuffed with nothing else but the whiskers of those whom I have ...
Page 82
... Prince de Condé alone received me with open arms , but his friendship could do nothing for me . One night I was assaulted in the streets of Paris by ruffians , from whose daggers I escaped with difficulty . After having wandered for ...
... Prince de Condé alone received me with open arms , but his friendship could do nothing for me . One night I was assaulted in the streets of Paris by ruffians , from whose daggers I escaped with difficulty . After having wandered for ...
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