Curiosities of LiteratureBaudry, 1835 - 447 páginas |
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... occasion of their lovers embellishing their out- sides with costly ornaments ; a rage which ostentation may have abused ; but when these volumes belong to the real man of letters , the most fanciful bindings are often the emblems of his ...
... occasion of their lovers embellishing their out- sides with costly ornaments ; a rage which ostentation may have abused ; but when these volumes belong to the real man of letters , the most fanciful bindings are often the emblems of his ...
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... occasion- al slight inebriation ; an amusement which was very prevalent among our poets formerly , when they exclaimed . Fetch me Ben Jonson's scull , and fill't with sack , Rich as the same he drank , when the whole pack Of jolly ...
... occasion- al slight inebriation ; an amusement which was very prevalent among our poets formerly , when they exclaimed . Fetch me Ben Jonson's scull , and fill't with sack , Rich as the same he drank , when the whole pack Of jolly ...
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... occasion that , according to the relation of one of his countrymen , his hair became suddenly white . About the year ... occasions the text of this historian to remain incurably corrupt . Taste and criticism have certainly incurred an ...
... occasion that , according to the relation of one of his countrymen , his hair became suddenly white . About the year ... occasions the text of this historian to remain incurably corrupt . Taste and criticism have certainly incurred an ...
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... occasions . Aristænetus says of a beauty , that she seemed most beautiful when dressed ; yet not less beautiful when ... occasion - ' I saw and I loved her so nearly together , that I do not know ifI saw her before I loved her , or loved ...
... occasions . Aristænetus says of a beauty , that she seemed most beautiful when dressed ; yet not less beautiful when ... occasion - ' I saw and I loved her so nearly together , that I do not know ifI saw her before I loved her , or loved ...
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... occasion . He had composed some verses , at the head of which he placed this dedication - A Guillemette , Chienne de ma Sour ; but having a quarrel with his sister he maliciously put into the errata , instead of Chienne de ma Sœur ...
... occasion . He had composed some verses , at the head of which he placed this dedication - A Guillemette , Chienne de ma Sour ; but having a quarrel with his sister he maliciously put into the errata , instead of Chienne de ma Sœur ...
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