The Book of Table-talk, Volume 1C. Knight, 1836 - Anecdotes |
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... tion , or , as it is expressed , of authors who have profess- edly written books of examples . The catalogue extends to about five columns , and may comprehend between se- venty and eighty names . This work , of course , was for story ...
... tion , or , as it is expressed , of authors who have profess- edly written books of examples . The catalogue extends to about five columns , and may comprehend between se- venty and eighty names . This work , of course , was for story ...
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... his own practice as a model for our imita- tion , has laid down no rules for this particular species of composition . The art of writing anecdotical history , which he speaks of as the same thing with secret 24 AN INTRODUCTORY TALK.
... his own practice as a model for our imita- tion , has laid down no rules for this particular species of composition . The art of writing anecdotical history , which he speaks of as the same thing with secret 24 AN INTRODUCTORY TALK.
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... tion which appeared at Paris in 1701 , under the title of Naudæana , is understood to be altogether a forgery . We are indebted for the first of the published books bearing this title , to that erudite and able , but in some respects ...
... tion which appeared at Paris in 1701 , under the title of Naudæana , is understood to be altogether a forgery . We are indebted for the first of the published books bearing this title , to that erudite and able , but in some respects ...
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... tion of these Ana , at least with the generality of their readers , did not lie chiefly either in the learning or wit with which they might be fraught . The occasional glimpses which were obtained of the littleness of the SCALIGER ...
... tion of these Ana , at least with the generality of their readers , did not lie chiefly either in the learning or wit with which they might be fraught . The occasional glimpses which were obtained of the littleness of the SCALIGER ...
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... tion and here collected had been carefully recorded at the time by certain of his friends , who were also per- sons of eminent literary acquirements , and quite capable of preserving the full amount and spirit of what he said . This ...
... tion and here collected had been carefully recorded at the time by certain of his friends , who were also per- sons of eminent literary acquirements , and quite capable of preserving the full amount and spirit of what he said . This ...
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