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... curious compilation : - " This work is compiled from the obsolete Latin chroni- cles of the later Roman , or rather German story , height- ened by romantic inventions from legends of the saints , Oriental apologues , and many of the ...
... curious compilation : - " This work is compiled from the obsolete Latin chroni- cles of the later Roman , or rather German story , height- ened by romantic inventions from legends of the saints , Oriental apologues , and many of the ...
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... curious if we were sure they were true , upon which material point , however , there is much doubt . Of the manuscripts to which he refers , the principal , we believe , have eluded all who have since made search for them . In a preface ...
... curious if we were sure they were true , upon which material point , however , there is much doubt . Of the manuscripts to which he refers , the principal , we believe , have eluded all who have since made search for them . In a preface ...
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... curiosity im- mediately set men's minds a - craving after further sup- plies of the same sort . These revelations of the private conversation , opinions , and habits of eminent literary characters , seem to have taken the vulgar taste ...
... curiosity im- mediately set men's minds a - craving after further sup- plies of the same sort . These revelations of the private conversation , opinions , and habits of eminent literary characters , seem to have taken the vulgar taste ...
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... Curiously enough , the very first result of the appetite for such food awakened in the public mind by the publications of Vossius and Daillé , was the appearance , in 1669 , of another collection of Scaligerana , under the title of the ...
... Curiously enough , the very first result of the appetite for such food awakened in the public mind by the publications of Vossius and Daillé , was the appearance , in 1669 , of another collection of Scaligerana , under the title of the ...
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... Curious , and Instructive Bibliographical Notices ' ( 8vo . Paris , 1810 ) , has given a list of one hundred and nine . Among these , however , there are a good many which have no claim from their contents to be reckoned among the true ...
... Curious , and Instructive Bibliographical Notices ' ( 8vo . Paris , 1810 ) , has given a list of one hundred and nine . Among these , however , there are a good many which have no claim from their contents to be reckoned among the true ...
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