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... tion , or , as it is expressed , of authors who have profess- edly written books of examples . The catalogue extends to about five columns , and may comprehend between seventy and eighty names . 8 This work , of course , was for story ...
... tion , or , as it is expressed , of authors who have profess- edly written books of examples . The catalogue extends to about five columns , and may comprehend between seventy and eighty names . 8 This work , of course , was for story ...
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... tion which appeared at Paris in 1701 , under the title of ' Naudæana , ' is understood to be altogether a forgery . We are indebted for the first of the published books bearing this title to that erudite and able , but in some respects ...
... tion which appeared at Paris in 1701 , under the title of ' Naudæana , ' is understood to be altogether a forgery . We are indebted for the first of the published books bearing this title to that erudite and able , but in some respects ...
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... tion of these Ana , at least with the generality of their readers , did not lie chiefly either in the learning or wit with which they might be fraught . The occasional glimpses which were obtained of the littleness of the great - of the ...
... tion of these Ana , at least with the generality of their readers , did not lie chiefly either in the learning or wit with which they might be fraught . The occasional glimpses which were obtained of the littleness of the great - of the ...
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... tion - sake , Wanley's Wonders . ' The compilation was sug- gested , the author tells us in his preface , by the following passage in Bacon's Advancement of Learning : ' - " I sup- pose it would much conduce to the magnanimity and ...
... tion - sake , Wanley's Wonders . ' The compilation was sug- gested , the author tells us in his preface , by the following passage in Bacon's Advancement of Learning : ' - " I sup- pose it would much conduce to the magnanimity and ...
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... tion had been printed again the following year in German , it was translated into Latin , and published at Frankfort in 1571 by Henry Peter Rebenstock , minister at Eis- cheim , in two volumes octavo , under the title of Col- loquia ...
... tion had been printed again the following year in German , it was translated into Latin , and published at Frankfort in 1571 by Henry Peter Rebenstock , minister at Eis- cheim , in two volumes octavo , under the title of Col- loquia ...
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