Curiosities of LiteratureBaudry, 1835 - 447 páginas |
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... taste for its tranquil pursuits , are impeded in their acquire- ments . The characters , the events , and the singularities of modern litera- ture , are not always familiar even to those who excel in classical studies . But a more ...
... taste for its tranquil pursuits , are impeded in their acquire- ments . The characters , the events , and the singularities of modern litera- ture , are not always familiar even to those who excel in classical studies . But a more ...
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... taste for its tranquil pursuits , are impeded in their acquirements . The characters , the events , and the singularities of modern literature , are not always familiar even to those who excel in classical studies . But a more numerous ...
... taste for its tranquil pursuits , are impeded in their acquirements . The characters , the events , and the singularities of modern literature , are not always familiar even to those who excel in classical studies . But a more numerous ...
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... taste for books , so rare before the fifteenth century , has gradually become general only within these four hun- dred years ; in that small space of time the public mind of Europe has been created . Of LIBRARIES , the following ...
... taste for books , so rare before the fifteenth century , has gradually become general only within these four hun- dred years ; in that small space of time the public mind of Europe has been created . Of LIBRARIES , the following ...
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... taste and ardour in the following elegant effusion : Salvete aureoli mei libelli , Meæ delicia , mei lepores ! Quam vos sæpe oculis juvat videre , Et tritos manibus tenere nostris ! Tot vos eximii , tot eruditi , Prisci lumina sæculi et ...
... taste and ardour in the following elegant effusion : Salvete aureoli mei libelli , Meæ delicia , mei lepores ! Quam vos sæpe oculis juvat videre , Et tritos manibus tenere nostris ! Tot vos eximii , tot eruditi , Prisci lumina sæculi et ...
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... taste for literature spread through the body of the people , who not having the use of his feet , wishes to conceal the defect by wearing embroidered shoes ; but , alas ! he can- pire to literary honours . To oppose these forcible ...
... taste for literature spread through the body of the people , who not having the use of his feet , wishes to conceal the defect by wearing embroidered shoes ; but , alas ! he can- pire to literary honours . To oppose these forcible ...
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