Curiosities of LiteratureBaudry, 1835 - 447 páginas |
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... less amusing , might prove somewhat more instructive ; and that literary history afforded an almost unexplored source of interesting facts . The work itself has been well enough received by the public to justify its design . Every class ...
... less amusing , might prove somewhat more instructive ; and that literary history afforded an almost unexplored source of interesting facts . The work itself has been well enough received by the public to justify its design . Every class ...
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... less amusing , might prove somewhat more instructive ; and that literary history afforded an almost unexplored source of interesting facts . The work itself has been well enough received by the public to justify its design . Every class ...
... less amusing , might prove somewhat more instructive ; and that literary history afforded an almost unexplored source of interesting facts . The work itself has been well enough received by the public to justify its design . Every class ...
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... less advanced . However there was in Germany a celebrated collector of books in the person of Trithemius , the celebrated abbot of Span- heim , who died in 1516 ; he had amassed about two thou- sand manuscripts , a literary treasure ...
... less advanced . However there was in Germany a celebrated collector of books in the person of Trithemius , the celebrated abbot of Span- heim , who died in 1516 ; he had amassed about two thou- sand manuscripts , a literary treasure ...
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... less commcn is that of the borrowers , not to say a word of the purloiners . LITERARY JOURNALS . When writers were not numerous , and readers rare , the Lucian has composed a biting invective against an ignor unsuccessful author fell ...
... less commcn is that of the borrowers , not to say a word of the purloiners . LITERARY JOURNALS . When writers were not numerous , and readers rare , the Lucian has composed a biting invective against an ignor unsuccessful author fell ...
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... less fortunate , and the glory of possessing a manuscript of Cicero , seemed to approximate to that of being its author . It is curious to observe that in these vast importations into Italy of manu- scripts from Asia , John Aurispa ...
... less fortunate , and the glory of possessing a manuscript of Cicero , seemed to approximate to that of being its author . It is curious to observe that in these vast importations into Italy of manu- scripts from Asia , John Aurispa ...
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