The Book of Table-talk, Volume 1C. Knight, 1836 - Anecdotes |
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... a close in haste ; even the services of the index - maker , who had been employed for the first eight volumes , being dispensed with in the two last . Mr. D'Israeli began his " Curiosities of Literature ” on UPON TABLE - TALK . 43.
... a close in haste ; even the services of the index - maker , who had been employed for the first eight volumes , being dispensed with in the two last . Mr. D'Israeli began his " Curiosities of Literature ” on UPON TABLE - TALK . 43.
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Charles MacFarlane. Mr. D'Israeli began his " Curiosities of Literature ” on the scheme of deriving a principal part of his mate- rials from the various Ana , as he tells us in the pre- face to the original publication , which appeared ...
Charles MacFarlane. Mr. D'Israeli began his " Curiosities of Literature ” on the scheme of deriving a principal part of his mate- rials from the various Ana , as he tells us in the pre- face to the original publication , which appeared ...
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... D'Israeli's , which may be mentioned in connexion with his Curio- sities of Literature , and indeed may be considered as a part of the same work , is his " Calamities of Authors . " This appeared first in three volumes octavo , in 1812 ...
... D'Israeli's , which may be mentioned in connexion with his Curio- sities of Literature , and indeed may be considered as a part of the same work , is his " Calamities of Authors . " This appeared first in three volumes octavo , in 1812 ...
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... D'Israeli's vi- vacity and happy art of animating a dry subject by the manner of handling it ; nor was his knowledge of any subject much more than skin - deep . The illustration of title - pages and rare editions has been since ...
... D'Israeli's vi- vacity and happy art of animating a dry subject by the manner of handling it ; nor was his knowledge of any subject much more than skin - deep . The illustration of title - pages and rare editions has been since ...
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... D'Israeli has given a specimen of the echo poems , which are also mentioned by Sam Butler as among the performances of Benlowes , and which were once very fashionable . The witty object of these compositions was , that each line should ...
... D'Israeli has given a specimen of the echo poems , which are also mentioned by Sam Butler as among the performances of Benlowes , and which were once very fashionable . The witty object of these compositions was , that each line should ...
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