Gossip about Letters and Letter-writersEdmonston and Douglas, 1873 - 256 pages |
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... volumes relative to the Stirlings of Keir , the Maxwells of Pollok , the Steuarts of Grandtully , the Carnegies Earls of South- esk , and the Montgomeries Earls of Eglin- ton , which have appeared within the last few years , under the ...
... volumes relative to the Stirlings of Keir , the Maxwells of Pollok , the Steuarts of Grandtully , the Carnegies Earls of South- esk , and the Montgomeries Earls of Eglin- ton , which have appeared within the last few years , under the ...
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... Balzac's Letters , in three volumes , was published in Paris in the year 1806 . Vincent Voiture was born a few years after Balzac ( 1598 ) , and died at the age of fifty . 30 Vincent Voiture . Remarkable for his brilliant wit and.
... Balzac's Letters , in three volumes , was published in Paris in the year 1806 . Vincent Voiture was born a few years after Balzac ( 1598 ) , and died at the age of fifty . 30 Vincent Voiture . Remarkable for his brilliant wit and.
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... Sévigné's letters is that of De Montmerqué , in thirteen volumes , published in 1818. A small selection , translated into Eng- lish , was published in London in 1853 , under the C 34 Announcement of a title of Beauties of French Literature.
... Sévigné's letters is that of De Montmerqué , in thirteen volumes , published in 1818. A small selection , translated into Eng- lish , was published in London in 1853 , under the C 34 Announcement of a title of Beauties of French Literature.
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... volume of his fragments , of which an admirable notice appeared in the Revue des Deux Mondes , from the pen of M ... volumes ; and within the last forty years , the letters of Zimmermann to his friends in Switzerland ( Aarau , 1830 ) ...
... volume of his fragments , of which an admirable notice appeared in the Revue des Deux Mondes , from the pen of M ... volumes ; and within the last forty years , the letters of Zimmermann to his friends in Switzerland ( Aarau , 1830 ) ...
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... volumes , under the joint editorship of Paul and Antonio Manuce and the younger Aldus . Among the writers which it embraces are Boccaccio , Petrarch , Michael Angelo , the Car- dinal de Medici , Margaret Queen of Navarre , Pope Clement ...
... volumes , under the joint editorship of Paul and Antonio Manuce and the younger Aldus . Among the writers which it embraces are Boccaccio , Petrarch , Michael Angelo , the Car- dinal de Medici , Margaret Queen of Navarre , Pope Clement ...
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