The Book of Table-talk, Volume 1C. Knight, 1836 - Anecdotes |
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... verses , and the commentaries on Homer of Eustathius , Archbishop of Thessalonica , who from his horn of plenty has ... verse . Numerous Latin collections of the same kind also sprung up soon after this time for the use of UPON TABLE ...
... verses , and the commentaries on Homer of Eustathius , Archbishop of Thessalonica , who from his horn of plenty has ... verse . Numerous Latin collections of the same kind also sprung up soon after this time for the use of UPON TABLE ...
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... verses as follows , in which the first letters of each word together make up Johannes de Fordun : Incipies opus hoc Adonai ; nomine nostri Exceptum scriptis dirigat Emanuel . Fauces ornatè ructent , dum verbera nectant . Jean de ...
... verses as follows , in which the first letters of each word together make up Johannes de Fordun : Incipies opus hoc Adonai ; nomine nostri Exceptum scriptis dirigat Emanuel . Fauces ornatè ructent , dum verbera nectant . Jean de ...
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... verses , which were signed " Le Duc de Norman- die , " which was the title of the unfortunate dauphin . To pass time , the poet began to hum over the verses , and this led to a conversation with another prisoner in a con- tiguous cell ...
... verses , which were signed " Le Duc de Norman- die , " which was the title of the unfortunate dauphin . To pass time , the poet began to hum over the verses , and this led to a conversation with another prisoner in a con- tiguous cell ...
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... verse in a sore state of decay , as thus : " Mensis in quo non est R. Tu debes edere cancer ; " a line which might be much improved by reading , Per menses sine R tu debes ĕdere cancrum : a very decent verse false quantity in it . for ...
... verse in a sore state of decay , as thus : " Mensis in quo non est R. Tu debes edere cancer ; " a line which might be much improved by reading , Per menses sine R tu debes ĕdere cancrum : a very decent verse false quantity in it . for ...
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... verse - makers , this seems to be one of the most paltry and mean . It was however cherished by many in the middle of the seventeenth century , when it often happened that more attention was paid by the * Rushworth , part ii . vol . i ...
... verse - makers , this seems to be one of the most paltry and mean . It was however cherished by many in the middle of the seventeenth century , when it often happened that more attention was paid by the * Rushworth , part ii . vol . i ...
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