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Page 7
... gives us nearly a com- plete definition of all that a book of table - talk should not be . There is scarcely anything capable of being put into a book of which it may not contain a little . The acts , VOL . I. B and sayings , and ...
... gives us nearly a com- plete definition of all that a book of table - talk should not be . There is scarcely anything capable of being put into a book of which it may not contain a little . The acts , VOL . I. B and sayings , and ...
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... gives us a very favourable impression of the author . He had given his book the name of Attic Nights , ' he says , not out of any ambition to imitate the gay titles in which others had indulged , but simply because the com- position of ...
... gives us a very favourable impression of the author . He had given his book the name of Attic Nights , ' he says , not out of any ambition to imitate the gay titles in which others had indulged , but simply because the com- position of ...
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... gives it as his opinion that , by the Gesta Roman- orum , ' Korner most probably means only the Roman history in general ; and he adds , " Neither is it possible that this work could have been brought as a proof or authority , by any ...
... gives it as his opinion that , by the Gesta Roman- orum , ' Korner most probably means only the Roman history in general ; and he adds , " Neither is it possible that this work could have been brought as a proof or authority , by any ...
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... gives , the writer professes to have taken from old manuscripts preserved in various libraries ; and some of them would be curious if we were sure they were true , upon which material point , however , there is much doubt . Of the ...
... gives , the writer professes to have taken from old manuscripts preserved in various libraries ; and some of them would be curious if we were sure they were true , upon which material point , however , there is much doubt . Of the ...
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... give . In the case of the ' Mena- giana , ' for instance , the editor , in a short advertisement which he has prefixed , is very careful to inform us that he has made various additions even to De la Monnoye's cor- rections and other ...
... give . In the case of the ' Mena- giana , ' for instance , the editor , in a short advertisement which he has prefixed , is very careful to inform us that he has made various additions even to De la Monnoye's cor- rections and other ...
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