The Book of Table-talk, Volume 2C. Knight, 1836 - Anecdotes |
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... heard into some parts of the city , and one was absolutely starved to death for want of relief ; although the King at that time told a prisoner , that he took more care for the prisoners than for his own table . 2d . That he set down to ...
... heard into some parts of the city , and one was absolutely starved to death for want of relief ; although the King at that time told a prisoner , that he took more care for the prisoners than for his own table . 2d . That he set down to ...
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... heard him speak of the great Lord Napier of Merchiston in Scotland , who interpreted the book of Revelations by logarithms ; and I could easily * Heliacally is the word our correspondent has forgotten.— EDITOR . fancy that even a ...
... heard him speak of the great Lord Napier of Merchiston in Scotland , who interpreted the book of Revelations by logarithms ; and I could easily * Heliacally is the word our correspondent has forgotten.— EDITOR . fancy that even a ...
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... heard mathematicians talk of Napier's bones , till he imagined they swore by them , when , in fact , they only worked by them . This is the cream of my friend's observations . He add- ed that he was , for the subject , pleased with Sir ...
... heard mathematicians talk of Napier's bones , till he imagined they swore by them , when , in fact , they only worked by them . This is the cream of my friend's observations . He add- ed that he was , for the subject , pleased with Sir ...
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... heard those who surrounded him murmur loudly at his conduct . " This is not , " they said , " the severity of an apostle , it is the atrocious cruelty of a tyrant . " Women threw themselves at his feet in tears ; but he was still ...
... heard those who surrounded him murmur loudly at his conduct . " This is not , " they said , " the severity of an apostle , it is the atrocious cruelty of a tyrant . " Women threw themselves at his feet in tears ; but he was still ...
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... heard to say , " Mother , why did you kill that soldier ? " The Queen answered , " To preserve your honour , my son . " " Well then , mother , " answered the child immediately , " say it is I that have killed him , and then they will ...
... heard to say , " Mother , why did you kill that soldier ? " The Queen answered , " To preserve your honour , my son . " " Well then , mother , " answered the child immediately , " say it is I that have killed him , and then they will ...
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