Curiosities of LiteratureBaudry, 1835 - 447 páginas |
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... invention of Reviews , in the form which they have at length gradually assumed , could not have existed but in the most polished ages of literature ; for without a con- stant supply of authors , and a refined spirit of criticism , they ...
... invention of Reviews , in the form which they have at length gradually assumed , could not have existed but in the most polished ages of literature ; for without a con- stant supply of authors , and a refined spirit of criticism , they ...
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... invention , if we are to give credit to Pliny , Carbilius , and Seneca . Caligula has absolutely denied him even mediocrity ; Herennus has marked his faults ; and Perilius Faustinus has furnished a thick vol . with his plagiarisms ...
... invention , if we are to give credit to Pliny , Carbilius , and Seneca . Caligula has absolutely denied him even mediocrity ; Herennus has marked his faults ; and Perilius Faustinus has furnished a thick vol . with his plagiarisms ...
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... Inventions , ' on condition that money should be granted to extricate him from the difficulties in which he had involved himself , by the prosecution of useful discoveries . The petition does not appear to have been attended to ! Many ...
... Inventions , ' on condition that money should be granted to extricate him from the difficulties in which he had involved himself , by the prosecution of useful discoveries . The petition does not appear to have been attended to ! Many ...
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... invention of what is now called the Italic letter in printing was made by Aldus Manutius , to whom learning owes much . He observed the many inconveniences result- The tradition of the Devil and Dr Faustus was derived from the odd ...
... invention of what is now called the Italic letter in printing was made by Aldus Manutius , to whom learning owes much . He observed the many inconveniences result- The tradition of the Devil and Dr Faustus was derived from the odd ...
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... inventions ; the misfortune is , that time and patience are rare requisites for the enjoyment of these Iliads in ... invention . This once celebrated map is an allegory which distinguish- es the different kinds of tenderness , which ...
... inventions ; the misfortune is , that time and patience are rare requisites for the enjoyment of these Iliads in ... invention . This once celebrated map is an allegory which distinguish- es the different kinds of tenderness , which ...
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