Curiosities of Literature, Volume 2Baudry, 1835 - English literature |
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... curious collec- tion of memoirs than anecdotes of preferment . " Could the secret history of great men be traced , it would appear that merit is rarely the first step to advancement . It would much oftener be found to be owing to ...
... curious collec- tion of memoirs than anecdotes of preferment . " Could the secret history of great men be traced , it would appear that merit is rarely the first step to advancement . It would much oftener be found to be owing to ...
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... curious ; the following contains the facts FIRE - WORKS Were not known to antiquity . - It is certainly a modern invention . If ever the ancients employed fires at their festi- vals , it was only for religious purposes . Fire , in ...
... curious ; the following contains the facts FIRE - WORKS Were not known to antiquity . - It is certainly a modern invention . If ever the ancients employed fires at their festi- vals , it was only for religious purposes . Fire , in ...
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... curious , or interesting adventure , " etc. This good father had caught the language of the beau monde , but with such perfect simplicity that , in employing it on sacred history , he was not aware of the ludicrous he was writing . A ...
... curious , or interesting adventure , " etc. This good father had caught the language of the beau monde , but with such perfect simplicity that , in employing it on sacred history , he was not aware of the ludicrous he was writing . A ...
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... curious as ourselves in having their books richly conditioned . Propertius describes tablets with gold borders , and Ovid notices their red titles ; but in later times , besides the tint of purple with which they tinged their vellum ...
... curious as ourselves in having their books richly conditioned . Propertius describes tablets with gold borders , and Ovid notices their red titles ; but in later times , besides the tint of purple with which they tinged their vellum ...
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... curious , respecting the paper of his times : Paper partici- pates in some sort of the characters of the country which makes it ; the Venetian , being neat , subtile , and court - like ; the French , light , slight , and slender ; and ...
... curious , respecting the paper of his times : Paper partici- pates in some sort of the characters of the country which makes it ; the Venetian , being neat , subtile , and court - like ; the French , light , slight , and slender ; and ...
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