The Book of Table-talk, Volumes 1-2 |
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... Ancient Peter Schlimmels ; or , Men deprived of their Shadows 7. Dilemmas 8. Gasconades · 9. A Fragment of Zoïlus 10. Examination of Recruits 11. Modern Perkin Warbecks 12. Secret Poisoning . 13. A Foreign Cook in 1630 14. A Chapter on ...
... Ancient Peter Schlimmels ; or , Men deprived of their Shadows 7. Dilemmas 8. Gasconades · 9. A Fragment of Zoïlus 10. Examination of Recruits 11. Modern Perkin Warbecks 12. Secret Poisoning . 13. A Foreign Cook in 1630 14. A Chapter on ...
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... ancient and the modern world , would considerably outmeasure , we suspect , the longest carte ever displayed by Parisian restaurateur . They have been prepared to suit the palate and digestion of every several species of literary ...
... ancient and the modern world , would considerably outmeasure , we suspect , the longest carte ever displayed by Parisian restaurateur . They have been prepared to suit the palate and digestion of every several species of literary ...
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... ancients seem to have had generally a very different taste in 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 ...
... ancients seem to have had generally a very different taste in 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 ...
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... Ancient Readings ; Пivaxidov , ' a Tablet ; Exigidiov , ' a Manual or Hand- book ; Pandectæ , ' literally an Omnium - gatherum , or medley of all kinds of things ; Bißonen , a Library ; Asuv , or Pratum , a Meadow , & c . Most of these ...
... Ancient Readings ; Пivaxidov , ' a Tablet ; Exigidiov , ' a Manual or Hand- book ; Pandectæ , ' literally an Omnium - gatherum , or medley of all kinds of things ; Bißonen , a Library ; Asuv , or Pratum , a Meadow , & c . Most of these ...
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... ancient manners and customs , and criticism on the writings of Virgil , Homer , and Plato . The scheme of the work , which the author professes to have composed for the use of his son , is that of a series of conversations at table ...
... ancient manners and customs , and criticism on the writings of Virgil , Homer , and Plato . The scheme of the work , which the author professes to have composed for the use of his son , is that of a series of conversations at table ...
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