The Book of Table-talk, Volume 1C. Knight, 1836 - Anecdotes |
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... facts in all the departments of natural knowledge ; the wonders of science and of art ; all the turnings and windings of hu- man opinion ; sagacious maxims for the conduct of life ; even ingenious thoughts in speculative philosophy ...
... facts in all the departments of natural knowledge ; the wonders of science and of art ; all the turnings and windings of hu- man opinion ; sagacious maxims for the conduct of life ; even ingenious thoughts in speculative philosophy ...
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... 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 was Professor 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 was Professor of ...
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... facts and remarks on all sorts of sub- jects , to which he originally gave the name of Collectanea Rerum Memorabilium , but afterwards that of Polyhistor , by which the work is commonly known . As in point of fact Solinus has taken the ...
... facts and remarks on all sorts of sub- jects , to which he originally gave the name of Collectanea Rerum Memorabilium , but afterwards that of Polyhistor , by which the work is commonly known . As in point of fact Solinus has taken the ...
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... facts , which are not to be found elsewhere . To his books of moral examples two eclogues of facts and observations ... fact , a journal or record of the books perused by the au- thor , embracing in general a summary of the contents of ...
... facts , which are not to be found elsewhere . To his books of moral examples two eclogues of facts and observations ... fact , a journal or record of the books perused by the au- thor , embracing in general a summary of the contents of ...
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... fact or piece of history which had not been pub- lished or put into a book . Thus Cicero , in more than one passage of his writings , speaks of a Book of Anec- dotes on which he was engaged . In one place , writing to his friend Atticus ...
... fact or piece of history which had not been pub- lished or put into a book . Thus Cicero , in more than one passage of his writings , speaks of a Book of Anec- dotes on which he was engaged . In one place , writing to his friend Atticus ...
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