The Book of Table-talk, Volume 1C. Knight, 1836 - Anecdotes |
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... appears to have lived about the year 1480 ; and this en- larged edition professes to be revised and corrected by a learned Jesuit . The examples or stories , it is affirmed , have been extracted from more than sixty authors ve- nerable ...
... appears to have lived about the year 1480 ; and this en- larged edition professes to be revised and corrected by a learned Jesuit . The examples or stories , it is affirmed , have been extracted from more than sixty authors ve- nerable ...
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... appears , in point of fact , that he was what is called Aulic Counsellor to the Margrave of Baden . Melchior Adam takes great pains to guard his readers against con- founding this John Wolf with another John Wolf , or rather Wolph , who ...
... appears , in point of fact , that he was what is called Aulic Counsellor to the Margrave of Baden . Melchior Adam takes great pains to guard his readers against con- founding this John Wolf with another John Wolf , or rather Wolph , who ...
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... appear till some months after the author's death . The date of the second edition , now before us , is Frank- fort on the Maine , 1671. The stories are strung together in chronological order , at least in so far that those be- longing ...
... appear till some months after the author's death . The date of the second edition , now before us , is Frank- fort on the Maine , 1671. The stories are strung together in chronological order , at least in so far that those be- longing ...
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... part of the first century of our era , during the reign of the Emperor Tiberius , to whom they are dedicated . This work appears to be a compilation of anecdotes from elder writers , executed with little UPON TABLE - TALK . 11.
... part of the first century of our era , during the reign of the Emperor Tiberius , to whom they are dedicated . This work appears to be a compilation of anecdotes from elder writers , executed with little UPON TABLE - TALK . 11.
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... appears to have compiled his collection of true histories principally for the use of the preachers of that age , who , he tells us , for want of better stories wherewith to enliven their sermons , were generally in the habit of having ...
... appears to have compiled his collection of true histories principally for the use of the preachers of that age , who , he tells us , for want of better stories wherewith to enliven their sermons , were generally in the habit of having ...
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