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... GALIANI 27. EPITAPH IN THE CHURCHYARD OF MORETON - IN - MARSH 28. SEDAN - CHAIRS • 29. INTRODUCTION OF ENGLISH HORSES INTO FRANCE 30. PIGS , KINGS , AND MONKS 31. ETIQUETTE on the SCAFFOLD 143 175 176 • 177 183 ib . • 185 186 188 Page ...
... GALIANI 27. EPITAPH IN THE CHURCHYARD OF MORETON - IN - MARSH 28. SEDAN - CHAIRS • 29. INTRODUCTION OF ENGLISH HORSES INTO FRANCE 30. PIGS , KINGS , AND MONKS 31. ETIQUETTE on the SCAFFOLD 143 175 176 • 177 183 ib . • 185 186 188 Page ...
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... GALIANI ; A WITTY POLITICAL ECONOMIST ! An impertinent Frenchman of the last century seriously put this question : " Est ce qu'un Allemand peut avoir de l'esprit ? " With better reason , some people may ask , " Was there ever a witty ...
... GALIANI ; A WITTY POLITICAL ECONOMIST ! An impertinent Frenchman of the last century seriously put this question : " Est ce qu'un Allemand peut avoir de l'esprit ? " With better reason , some people may ask , " Was there ever a witty ...
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... Galiani's witty revenge , ) sternly forbade him to recite it . All those pe- dantic and puerile conclaves were open to ridicule on a hundred sides ; but a lucky coincidence afforded Galiani a most stinging point . It was the tiresome ...
... Galiani's witty revenge , ) sternly forbade him to recite it . All those pe- dantic and puerile conclaves were open to ridicule on a hundred sides ; but a lucky coincidence afforded Galiani a most stinging point . It was the tiresome ...
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... Galiani's quarrel with the president John - Anthony , who was one of the most prolific of these panegyrists of little - great people , the Jack - Ketch of Na- ples chanced to die ; and this event furnished the abbé with the opportunity ...
... Galiani's quarrel with the president John - Anthony , who was one of the most prolific of these panegyrists of little - great people , the Jack - Ketch of Na- ples chanced to die ; and this event furnished the abbé with the opportunity ...
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... Galiani a canonry which was worth four hundred ducats a - year . His admirable talent for business as well as for con- versation recommended Galiani to a congenial spirit , the witty Marquis of Caracciolo , at whose request ( in 1765 ) ...
... Galiani a canonry which was worth four hundred ducats a - year . His admirable talent for business as well as for con- versation recommended Galiani to a congenial spirit , the witty Marquis of Caracciolo , at whose request ( in 1765 ) ...
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