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... afterwards that of ' Polyhistor , ' by which the work is commonly known . As in point of fact Solinus has taken the greater part of his matter from Pliny's Natural History without acknow- ledgment , he seems very well to deserve the ...
... afterwards that of ' Polyhistor , ' by which the work is commonly known . As in point of fact Solinus has taken the greater part of his matter from Pliny's Natural History without acknow- ledgment , he seems very well to deserve the ...
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... afterwards translated by Caxton under the title of the COURT OF SAPYENCE , which abounds with a multitude of historical examples , parables , and apologues , and which the writer wisely supposes to be much more likely to interest the ...
... afterwards translated by Caxton under the title of the COURT OF SAPYENCE , which abounds with a multitude of historical examples , parables , and apologues , and which the writer wisely supposes to be much more likely to interest the ...
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... Afterwards , of this translation , Warton states , no fewer than seven impressions appeared between the years 1576 and the close of the sixteenth century . The book also continued to be reprinted long after this , and he mentions an ...
... Afterwards , of this translation , Warton states , no fewer than seven impressions appeared between the years 1576 and the close of the sixteenth century . The book also continued to be reprinted long after this , and he mentions an ...
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... afterwards gave to the world ( in four volumes 4to , 1709-13 ) under the title of ' Anecdota Græca . ' There are also the Anec- dota Græca ' of John Christopher Wolf , a miscellany of writings both on sacred and profane subjects ...
... afterwards gave to the world ( in four volumes 4to , 1709-13 ) under the title of ' Anecdota Græca . ' There are also the Anec- dota Græca ' of John Christopher Wolf , a miscellany of writings both on sacred and profane subjects ...
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... afterwards took the only revenge in his power , by printing the following year , at Rouen ( though the title - pages say Cologne ) , a second edition of the work , which he announced as being " restored according to the true text , and ...
... afterwards took the only revenge in his power , by printing the following year , at Rouen ( though the title - pages say Cologne ) , a second edition of the work , which he announced as being " restored according to the true text , and ...
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