Curiosities of LiteratureBaudry, 1835 - 447 páginas |
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... lived to see them accepted by the world . With a noble perception of his own genius , Lord Bacon , in his prophetic will , thus expresses himself . For my name and memory , I leave it to men's charitable speeches , and to foreign ...
... lived to see them accepted by the world . With a noble perception of his own genius , Lord Bacon , in his prophetic will , thus expresses himself . For my name and memory , I leave it to men's charitable speeches , and to foreign ...
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... lived in obscurity while their reputation was widely spread ; and have perished in poverty , while their works were enriching the booksellers . Of the heroes of modern literature the accounts are as copious as they are melancholy ...
... lived in obscurity while their reputation was widely spread ; and have perished in poverty , while their works were enriching the booksellers . Of the heroes of modern literature the accounts are as copious as they are melancholy ...
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... lived the relish of fame , when he could level his mind to such perpetual trifles . An eminent French lawyer , confined by his business to a Parisian life , amused himself with collecting from the clas- sics all the passages which ...
... lived the relish of fame , when he could level his mind to such perpetual trifles . An eminent French lawyer , confined by his business to a Parisian life , amused himself with collecting from the clas- sics all the passages which ...
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... lived familiarly with the finest geniuses of their times , and were opulent , hospita- ble , and lovers of the fine arts , their biography and their portraits are felt as an irreparable loss to literature . I suspect likewise we have ...
... lived familiarly with the finest geniuses of their times , and were opulent , hospita- ble , and lovers of the fine arts , their biography and their portraits are felt as an irreparable loss to literature . I suspect likewise we have ...
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... lived in dissipation ; the father observing it , asked in anger , if his son was to be made an actor . " Would to God , " replied the grandfather , " he was as good an actor as Montrose . " The words struck young Moliere ; he took a ...
... lived in dissipation ; the father observing it , asked in anger , if his son was to be made an actor . " Would to God , " replied the grandfather , " he was as good an actor as Montrose . " The words struck young Moliere ; he took a ...
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