The Quarterly Review, Volumes 98-99John Murray, 1856 |
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Page 4
... turn and look at him . ' Then he was not well drest , ' replied that great mas- ter of the art . We venture to apply the doctrine to Table - Talk . It should not want wit , but it should not exceed in it ; the epigrams should be ...
... turn and look at him . ' Then he was not well drest , ' replied that great mas- ter of the art . We venture to apply the doctrine to Table - Talk . It should not want wit , but it should not exceed in it ; the epigrams should be ...
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... turns and grinds and bruises the wheat to but then ' tis itself it grinds and wears away . ' " When I lay sucking at my mother's breasts , I had no notion how I should afterwards cat , drink , or live . Even so we on earth have no idea ...
... turns and grinds and bruises the wheat to but then ' tis itself it grinds and wears away . ' " When I lay sucking at my mother's breasts , I had no notion how I should afterwards cat , drink , or live . Even so we on earth have no idea ...
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... Turn over C , and you find that cheese generates gout ; that Calvin was asthmatic and spoke beautifully ; and that Cujas studied , like David Hume , lying ' le ventre contre terre , ' with his books around him . Turning over a few pages ...
... Turn over C , and you find that cheese generates gout ; that Calvin was asthmatic and spoke beautifully ; and that Cujas studied , like David Hume , lying ' le ventre contre terre , ' with his books around him . Turning over a few pages ...
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... turn over the pages of the ' Ménagiana ' and mingle for an hour or two in that brilliant company . Here comes M. de la Rivière , who went to Rome hoping vainly to be made a cardinal . We remark that he has a bad cold . It is because he ...
... turn over the pages of the ' Ménagiana ' and mingle for an hour or two in that brilliant company . Here comes M. de la Rivière , who went to Rome hoping vainly to be made a cardinal . We remark that he has a bad cold . It is because he ...
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... turn to the contributions made by our own countrymen to this department of literature . Bacon's Apophthegms scarce- ly belong to the class of Table - Talk , though by recording the bon - mots of Queen Elizabeth , King James , and others ...
... turn to the contributions made by our own countrymen to this department of literature . Bacon's Apophthegms scarce- ly belong to the class of Table - Talk , though by recording the bon - mots of Queen Elizabeth , King James , and others ...
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