Curiosities of LiteratureBaudry, 1835 - 447 páginas |
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... letters of the pleasurable delirium of their researches ; that delicious beverage which they have swallowed , so thirstily , from the magical cup of literature . Richard de Bury , Bishop of Durham , chancellor and high treasurer of ...
... letters of the pleasurable delirium of their researches ; that delicious beverage which they have swallowed , so thirstily , from the magical cup of literature . Richard de Bury , Bishop of Durham , chancellor and high treasurer of ...
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... letters do not choose to pass idly . public mind , while they form a ready resource for those Their multiplicity has undoubtedly produced much evil ; puerile critics , and venal drudges , manufacture reviews : hence that shameful ...
... letters do not choose to pass idly . public mind , while they form a ready resource for those Their multiplicity has undoubtedly produced much evil ; puerile critics , and venal drudges , manufacture reviews : hence that shameful ...
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... letters in the parchment of his battledore , while he was amusing himself in the country . He hastened to the maker of the battledore - but arrived too late ! The man had finished the last page of Livy - about a week before ! Many works ...
... letters in the parchment of his battledore , while he was amusing himself in the country . He hastened to the maker of the battledore - but arrived too late ! The man had finished the last page of Livy - about a week before ! Many works ...
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... letters could apply to himself the epitaph of this delightful writer : Sous ce tombeau git Le Sage abattu , Par le ciseau de la Parque importune ; S'il ne fut pas ami de la fortune , Il fut toujours ami de la vertu . Many years after ...
... letters could apply to himself the epitaph of this delightful writer : Sous ce tombeau git Le Sage abattu , Par le ciseau de la Parque importune ; S'il ne fut pas ami de la fortune , Il fut toujours ami de la vertu . Many years after ...
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... letters exult in the strength of his arm , or the breadth of his back ! such amusements di- minish the activity of the mind . Too much fatigue exhausts the animal spirits , as too much food blunts the finer facul- ties ; but elsewhere ...
... letters exult in the strength of his arm , or the breadth of his back ! such amusements di- minish the activity of the mind . Too much fatigue exhausts the animal spirits , as too much food blunts the finer facul- ties ; but elsewhere ...
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