Curiosities of LiteratureBaudry, 1835 - 447 páginas |
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... 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 of readers requires a book adapted to itself and that book ...
... 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 of readers requires a book adapted to itself and that book ...
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... 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 of readers requires a book adapted to itself and that book ...
... 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 of readers requires a book adapted to itself and that book ...
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... literary chaos . His well exercised memory and critical judgment are its best catalogue . One of the Ptolemies re- fused supplying the famished Athenians with wheat , until they presented him with the original manuscripts of Es- chylus ...
... literary chaos . His well exercised memory and critical judgment are its best catalogue . One of the Ptolemies re- fused supplying the famished Athenians with wheat , until they presented him with the original manuscripts of Es- chylus ...
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... literary stores chiefly from theo- logy , law and medicine , to philosophy and elegant litera- ture . In 1789 Neckar reckoned the literary treasures to amount to 225,000 printed books , 70,000 manuscripts , and 15,000 collections of ...
... literary stores chiefly from theo- logy , law and medicine , to philosophy and elegant litera- ture . In 1789 Neckar reckoned the literary treasures to amount to 225,000 printed books , 70,000 manuscripts , and 15,000 collections of ...
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... literary man argued , that it was much better to have two editions of a book than to first might procure him ; and it was a bad economy to pre- deprive himself of the advantage ... literary journal in a 5 The Bibliomania, Literary journals,
... literary man argued , that it was much better to have two editions of a book than to first might procure him ; and it was a bad economy to pre- deprive himself of the advantage ... literary journal in a 5 The Bibliomania, Literary journals,
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