The Book of Table-talk, Volume 1C. Knight, 1836 - Anecdotes |
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... ITALIAN MANNERS ib . 36. ST . JEROME OF CORREGGIO 211 37. ORIGIN OF HACKNEY COACH - STANDS , 1634 212 38. HATS OFF ! 213 39. WALTER SCOTT AT NAPLES 216 40. MISTAKES OF TRANSLATORS 222 41. A CHAPTER ON HANGING 236 42. AN AWKWARD ...
... ITALIAN MANNERS ib . 36. ST . JEROME OF CORREGGIO 211 37. ORIGIN OF HACKNEY COACH - STANDS , 1634 212 38. HATS OFF ! 213 39. WALTER SCOTT AT NAPLES 216 40. MISTAKES OF TRANSLATORS 222 41. A CHAPTER ON HANGING 236 42. AN AWKWARD ...
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... son . We may add the Dies Geniales of the Italian law- yer , Alexander ab Alexandro , as a much better known work than any of these , and one both the title and general plan of which may be said to have been suggested UPON TABLE - TALK . 9.
... son . We may add the Dies Geniales of the Italian law- yer , Alexander ab Alexandro , as a much better known work than any of these , and one both the title and general plan of which may be said to have been suggested UPON TABLE - TALK . 9.
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... Italian by birth , being a native of the town of Præneste , not far from Rome ; but his work is written in Greek , and in what is considered to be remarkably pure and even elegant Greek . He has been designated for this excellence the ...
... Italian by birth , being a native of the town of Præneste , not far from Rome ; but his work is written in Greek , and in what is considered to be remarkably pure and even elegant Greek . He has been designated for this excellence the ...
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... Italian antiquary and critic Muratori published , in four volumes quarto , a collection of theolo- gical pieces from manuscripts in the Ambrosian Library at Milan , to which he gave the title of Anecdota . This collection is often ...
... Italian antiquary and critic Muratori published , in four volumes quarto , a collection of theolo- gical pieces from manuscripts in the Ambrosian Library at Milan , to which he gave the title of Anecdota . This collection is often ...
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... Italian historian Guicciardini for hav- ing violated this rule , by frequently debasing his nar- rative of public events by the intermixture of details and incidents beneath the dignity of history . Yet he admits , and indeed contends ...
... Italian historian Guicciardini for hav- ing violated this rule , by frequently debasing his nar- rative of public events by the intermixture of details and incidents beneath the dignity of history . Yet he admits , and indeed contends ...
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