Curiosities of LiteratureBaudry, 1835 - 447 páginas |
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... says Plutarch , whose walks , galleries , and cabinets , were open to all visiters ; and the ingenious Greeks , when at leisure , resorted to this abode of the Muses to hold literary conversations , in which Lucullus himself loved to ...
... says Plutarch , whose walks , galleries , and cabinets , were open to all visiters ; and the ingenious Greeks , when at leisure , resorted to this abode of the Muses to hold literary conversations , in which Lucullus himself loved to ...
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... says he , as soon as I enter his house , I am ready to faint on the staircase , from a strong smell of Morocco leather : in vain he shows me fine editions , gold leaves , Etruscan bindings , & c . , naming them one after another , as if ...
... says he , as soon as I enter his house , I am ready to faint on the staircase , from a strong smell of Morocco leather : in vain he shows me fine editions , gold leaves , Etruscan bindings , & c . , naming them one after another , as if ...
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... says , whenever he attempts to elevate his style shows he is incapable of supporting it . Polybius has been blam- ed for his frequent introduction of moral reflections , which interrupt the thread of his narrative ; and Sallust has been ...
... says , whenever he attempts to elevate his style shows he is incapable of supporting it . Polybius has been blam- ed for his frequent introduction of moral reflections , which interrupt the thread of his narrative ; and Sallust has been ...
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... says , he must be forced , for subsistence , to sell all his Ms collec- tions to the best bidder , without your lordship will be pleased to buy them for the queen's library . They are fifty vols . in folio , of public affairs , which he ...
... says , he must be forced , for subsistence , to sell all his Ms collec- tions to the best bidder , without your lordship will be pleased to buy them for the queen's library . They are fifty vols . in folio , of public affairs , which he ...
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... says in his manner , which rather gives honour to this defect , than the defect dishonours Cato . Some men of letters portioned out their day between repose and labour . Asinius Pollio would not suffer any business to occupy him beyond ...
... says in his manner , which rather gives honour to this defect , than the defect dishonours Cato . Some men of letters portioned out their day between repose and labour . Asinius Pollio would not suffer any business to occupy him beyond ...
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