The Book of Table-talk, Volumes 1-2 |
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... stories together made him , as we have said , very popular with the reading public of what we call the dark ages . He was accordingly , as might have been expected , one of the first of the ancient authors put to press after the ...
... stories together made him , as we have said , very popular with the reading public of what we call the dark ages . He was accordingly , as might have been expected , one of the first of the ancient authors put to press after the ...
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... stories . Ælian , who is supposed to have flourished in the third century , was an Italian by birth , being a native of the town of Præneste , not far from Rome ; but his work is written in Greek , and in what is considered to be ...
... stories . Ælian , who is supposed to have flourished in the third century , was an Italian by birth , being a native of the town of Præneste , not far from Rome ; but his work is written in Greek , and in what is considered to be ...
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... stories in illustration of the several moral qualities , he has preserved many curious facts , which are not to be found elsewhere . To his books of moral examples two eclogues of facts and observations in physics are sub- joined . The ...
... stories in illustration of the several moral qualities , he has preserved many curious facts , which are not to be found elsewhere . To his books of moral examples two eclogues of facts and observations in physics are sub- joined . The ...
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... collection of true histories principally for the use of the preachers of that age , who , he tells us , for want of better stories wherewith to enliven their 1 66 sermons , were generally in the habit of 18 AN INTRODUCTORY TALK.
... collection of true histories principally for the use of the preachers of that age , who , he tells us , for want of better stories wherewith to enliven their 1 66 sermons , were generally in the habit of 18 AN INTRODUCTORY TALK.
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... stories , romantic , allegorical , religious , and legendary , which were evidently compiled by a professed preacher for ... story , height- ened by romantic inventions from legends of the saints , Oriental apologues , and many of the ...
... stories , romantic , allegorical , religious , and legendary , which were evidently compiled by a professed preacher for ... story , height- ened by romantic inventions from legends of the saints , Oriental apologues , and many of the ...
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