The Book of Table-talk, Volume 1C. Knight, 1836 - Anecdotes |
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... entitled the Speculum Exemplorum , and in the latter and fatter editions the Magnum Specu- lum Exemplorum ; that is , the Great Looking - glass of Examples . An edition of this work in small quarto , printed at Douay in 1605 , consists ...
... entitled the Speculum Exemplorum , and in the latter and fatter editions the Magnum Specu- lum Exemplorum ; that is , the Great Looking - glass of Examples . An edition of this work in small quarto , printed at Douay in 1605 , consists ...
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... entitled Convivia Saturnalia ; or Saturnalian Table - talk , as it may be rendered . Indeed Macrobius , who flourished in the latter part of the fourth century , has been called by some the plunderer , by others the ape , of Gellius ...
... entitled Convivia Saturnalia ; or Saturnalian Table - talk , as it may be rendered . Indeed Macrobius , who flourished in the latter part of the fourth century , has been called by some the plunderer , by others the ape , of Gellius ...
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... entitled " De Dictis et Factis Memorabilibus Antiquorum , " ( Of the Memorable Sayings and Doings of the Ancients , ) which are , however , of earlier date , hav- ing been composed in the early part of the first century of our era ...
... entitled " De Dictis et Factis Memorabilibus Antiquorum , " ( Of the Memorable Sayings and Doings of the Ancients , ) which are , however , of earlier date , hav- ing been composed in the early part of the first century of our era ...
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... entitled the Myriobiblon , or Many Books in One , as the term may be translated - is , in fact , a journal or record of the books perused by the au- thor , embracing in general a summary of the contents of each , and a critical estimate ...
... entitled the Myriobiblon , or Many Books in One , as the term may be translated - is , in fact , a journal or record of the books perused by the au- thor , embracing in general a summary of the contents of each , and a critical estimate ...
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... entitled the Gesta Romanorum ; literally , the Doings of the Romans . The meaning of this title will be understood from the following statement of War- ton , who , in a learned and amusing dissertation , has given a complete analysis of ...
... entitled the Gesta Romanorum ; literally , the Doings of the Romans . The meaning of this title will be understood from the following statement of War- ton , who , in a learned and amusing dissertation , has given a complete analysis of ...
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